Gelfoam vs. Spongostan
7th Sep 2016
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
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Pets and Pediatrics: How Dogs Could Be the Secret Weapon to Reducing Stress at the Dentist
Posted by Admin on 16th Aug 2016
For as long as children have feared the dentist, the dentist has gone to great lengths not to be feared. Collectively, parents and practitioners have tried everything to make that routine trip as easy and as pain-free as possible. Some waiting rooms have every Lego piece under the sun in easy-to-topple buckets, while others have the latest animated movie playing on loop and stacks of colouring books with every colour crayon ever invented. But one Illinois practice has taken patient stress manage
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