It’s no question that our eyes are important. We’ve all heard the saying “the eyes are the windows to the soul,” but did you know they’re also a window to our overall health? Vision disorders are the second-most common health condition for older adults in the United States. … [Read more...]
Las visitas dentales virtuales pueden ser nuestro aliado durante momentos de incertidumbre.
Durante emergencias como la que estamos viviendo con COVID-19, la tecnología puede ser nuestra aliada en poder llenar el vacío dejado por algo a lo cual estamos acostumbrados del día a día, pero en el momento no podemos tener. El centro de control de enfermedades (o CDC por sus … [Read more...]
Dental Anxiety Eased by Man’s Best Friend
A dog in a dental office would have been very unusual 50 years ago. As we continue to learn about the benefits of therapy dogs and how they can reduce anxiety, more dental offices are using them to calm their patients during procedures. … [Read more...]
Are You Passing Your Fear of Dentistry on to Your Kids?
Children like to copy their parents’ behavior. Sometimes it’s on purpose, like when they dress up in mom’s shoes or dad’s hats. Other times it’s unintentional, like learning to fear the dentist. Research shows that parents pass along their fear of the dentist to their kids. … [Read more...]
Extreme Dental Phobia: Tips to Become Confident
Everybody is afraid of something. For certain people, it’s spiders (arachnophobia) or bees (apiphobia) or even high places (acrophobia). For others, extreme dental phobia (dentophobia) is the thing that scares them, that keeps them far away from the dentist’s office. … [Read more...]
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