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For as long as children have had imaginations, they have been afraid of the dentist. We’ve all been through it and most of us have outgrown it, but it doesn’t have to be a rite of passage. The fear of the dentist can turn into a problem if your young patients are suffering through their checkups. Here are a few ways to fight off the stereotype and earn your patients’ trust.Talk to the Parents FirstYou can make your waiting room the next Disney World, but if the parents are somehow engendering th

In a dental clinic, there is no question that germs are everywhere! Patients are constantly coming in and out, and they expect the area to be clean (as they should!). Your patient Jennifer might have brought in a cold virus, unintentionally of course, but you don’t have confidence that the alcohol-based disinfectant you’re using will work to remove this virus from your office. What if another patient comes in and gets sick? What if you get sick? Is the disinfectant you’re using making a differen

Dentists have been feared for as long as there have been toothaches. No matter what we go to the dentist for, we’re always guaranteed a little bit—and sometimes a lot—of pain. Although humans have been dealing with our various tooth and gum problems since before the invention of tools, we should be thanking our lucky stars that we weren’t alive when these surgical devices were used.DrillsFascinatingly enough, archeologists have uncovered evidence which suggests that human beings have been drilli

If you’re shopping around for dental supplies for your practice and you’re looking to try something new, you may be confused by some products that seem to perform the same function but look slightly different. Take hemostatic sponges, for instance. There are many varieties of dental sponges whose hemostatic agents are derived from different sources, such as gelatin, bone wax, or cellulose. But if all these products do basically the same thing, how do you decide what to use on your patients? Whil

Many of us are walking around with a mouth full of obsolete dentistry. Dental practices are constantly evolving to ensure more effective, but less painful and invasive procedures. When it comes to caries, which, according to Dentistry Today, is the number one chronic disease in children, less invasive wasn’t always the philosophy.Up until relatively recently, we were removing not only the caries, but also the healthy part of the tooth. The practice was to remove as much of the tooth as possible