Breakfast truly is the most important meal of the day. It kick starts your body and provides you with enough energy to make it through your hectic morning as well as keep your mind focused on the task at hand. Eating a balanced breakfast is not only good for you body, but also good for…
Health and Well being
e-Cigarette Vaping and Progression to Heavier Patterns of Cigarette Smoking
This was one of the top 10 articles in JAMA in 2016. It speaks volumes on the effects of e-cigarattes…please read on.
Finally! San Jose the 10th largest city in the US gets fluoridation
Categories: Extraction, Health and Well being
After decades of trying to implement one of the most effective public health measure, the California Department of Public Health has finally been able to add fluoride to the drinking water of one of the largest cities in US. From the bottom of my heart, Thank you! This news comes just as I complete a…
PRP… PRGF….What’s that?
For years now I have been utilizing PRP and PRGF to help speed up patient’s healing. We clearly see less bruising and swelling after surgery, with most patients stating that they have less pain than expected. This method is especially useful for patients with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy or for those female patients that…
Pre-Implant Bone Augmentation
We are all unique, and so is your mouth! Sometimes, your jaw needs to be beefed up a little, and we’re not talking a hefty workout at the gym. You may have lost teeth due to gum disease which has resulted in bone loss, or you could just have been “born that way” and need…
Pediatric Facial Trauma
We’ve all had our share of trips, bumps, and even broken bones in our childhood years! (If you haven’t, then you’re very lucky!) As the saying goes, children are very resilient, and this is actually due to their biology. Children have “bendy bones” which are more likely to bend and crack under pressure rather than…
Cold Turkey for quitting!
Well it seems there is new research that cold turkey quitting may be more effective than a “quitting plan”. Lindson-Hawley and her team from Oxford University set out to compare the two strategies to see which one is a more effective approach. Looks like its the cold turkey! According to the American Cancer Society (ACS),…
Is Hookah smoking really safer?
Dr. Munshi’s team examined the myth that water pipe or better known as “hookah” smoking is less harmful than cigarettes. Well, according to the CDC, there are about 2.3 million Americans who smoke tobacco from pipes, and many of those who smoke water pipes. In their research published in the most recent edition of the JADA (The…
Total hip replacement and antibiotics
Categories: Antibiotics, Health and Well being
In the most recent edition of the JADA there was an article referring to the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in patients with prosthetic joints, before dental treatments. Results: ” A strategy of foregoing antibiotic prophylaxis before dental visits was cost-effective and resulted in lower lifetime accumulated costs ($11,909) and higher accumulated quality-adjusted life years (QALYs)…
