By Dr. Nicolas Ravon|April 12th, 2017|Gum Disease, Health|
If you wander through your local health foods store or Asian market, you’ll likely come across a section full of teas that claim to provide all kinds of health benefits. There are slimming teas, teas […]
By Dr. Nicolas Ravon|July 14th, 2016|Gum Disease, Health, Preventative Dentistry|
We frequently talk about how much oral bacteria can travel through the body to colonize other locations, but here’s a striking statistic to drive the point home: perhaps 13% of infections following knee replacement surgery […]
By Dr. Nicolas Ravon|January 20th, 2016|Gum Disease, Health|
We have long known about the associations between ’gum, but now a large, new review gives us our strongest, starkest statement on the link: tooth loss can almost double […]
By Dr. Nicolas Ravon|November 5th, 2015|Gum Disease, Health, Preventative Dentistry|
From a young age, we have been bombarded with commercials saying that smoking is bad for your health on multiple fronts. There are the obvious risks, such as lung cancer or emphysema, but smoking also […]
By Dr. Nicolas Ravon|September 23rd, 2015|Gum Disease, Health|
We know that ’gum is linked to a wide range of health problems, but now researchers have proposed that gum disease might be one of the primary causes of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers […]
By Dr. Nicolas Ravon|September 2nd, 2015|Health, Wisdom Teeth|
Wisdom teeth are essentially vestigial. They are teeth that our ancient ancestors needed to fill up a larger jaw that grew in response to eating tough food that required us to chew for about half […]
By Dr. Nicolas Ravon|August 5th, 2015|Gum Disease, Health|
We all know that age is just a number, but for some people it seems more accurate than for others? Why is it that some people seem to age quickly while others are virtually timeless? […]
By Dr. Nicolas Ravon|July 1st, 2015|Gum Disease, Health, Root Canal|
No one should be going to the emergency room (ER) for dental care. Unfortunately, many people don’t realize how important dental care is, and they don’t invest in it. When serious dental problems arise, a […]
By Dr. Nicolas Ravon|June 24th, 2015|Gum Disease, Health|
Inflammation is your body’s response to infection. Inflammation is supposed to increase in response to injury or an invasion by foreign microorganisms, such as ’gum bacteria. Then when the injury is repaired […]
By Dr. Nicolas Ravon|June 10th, 2015|Dental Implants, Health|
After we place your ’dental, it’s up to your body to build bone around the implants, integrating them into your body so that they can become permanent, functional replacements for your lost […]
