Milan A. SeGall, DDS

~According to " Master's of Laser Dentistry" - Did you know that one laser treatment can help to end or eliminate cold sore ( canker sore, herpes) pain? It will facilitate healing within 24-48 hours instead of 7-14 days and dramatically curtail suffering.

 

~According to The New York Times, "Low levels of vitamin D in pregnancy are associated with the development of cavities in babies, researchers report. After controlling for other factors, they found that the lower the prenatal vitamin D level in the mother, the higher the number of cavities in the child. Defective enamel and prenatal vitamin D levels were both independent predictors of cavities. “The association is not overly strong,” said the senior author, Robert J. Schroth, an associate professor at the University of Manitoba. “But this may be the first step in prevention — making sure that prenatal nutrition and vitamin D levels are right.”

 

 

~According to The Journal of the American Dental Association, "combining ibuprofen with APAP (acetaminophen) provides dentists with an additional therapeutic strategy for managing acute postoperative dental pain. This combination has been reported to provide greater analgesia without significantly increasing the adverse effects that often are associated with opioid-containing analgesic combinations. When making stepwise recommendations for the management of acute postoperative dental pain, dentists should consider including ibuprofen-APAP combination therapy."