Halloween kicks off a series of holidays celebrated with delicious treats, from yummy chocolate candies to gut-busting dinners to seasonal alcoholic beverages.
While most parents will make sure their kids brush after eating their treats, National Dental Hygiene Month in October encourages a fuller approach to oral health.
“Teeth and gums are obviously key components of oral health care, but they’re just part of the whole environment inside one’s mouth,” says Dr. Bob Kross, a biochemist who’s been researching and developing oral health-care products since the 1980s. His patented Breath Appeal oral rinse, (www.breathappeal.com), destroys both the putrefying anaerobic bacteria that degrade food particles and body cells to form sulfurous bad breath malodorants as well as many of the bacteria associated with gum disease.
“The nooks and crannies in our mouths and gums are not the only places crammed with organic debris, which feed the bacteria that create biofilm, such as plaque, to protect themselves from oxygen,” Kross says. “There are also cracks on the tongue’s surface and in the other soft tissues in the mouth and pharynx where bacteria collect, further compromising dental health and creating bad breath.”
Normal oral bacteria are fine, actually even necessary, when present in proper balance with each other, but it’s a problem when putrefying and pathogenic bacteria start to take over, he says.
“The sticky candies and treats children and adults consume during this time of year can disrupt the normal balance of bacteria if good dental hygiene isn’t practiced,” says Kross, who describes how bad breath is created and how we can prevent it.
• If you develop bad breath don’t simply try to mask it with mints. Anaerobic bacteria can also lead to painful and potentially serious conditions such as gingivitis and periodontitis, so it’s best to attack the problem at the root. Maintaining the proper balance or oral bacteria will not only keep your breath fresh, it will help you maintain good oral health.
• Add tongue scraping and an oxidizing daily rinse to your oral hygiene. Brushing and flossing reach about 25 percent of your mouth, and that’s why you should add tongue scraping and rinsing to your daily routine. That white stuff you might see on your tongue is a collection of food particles and other organic matter, which can putrefy and create oral malodorants. Oxygen inhibits the growth of the responsible anaerobic bacteria, so scraping off the film and using an oxidizing mouthwash will counter that problem.
• Control bad breath by controlling the mouth’s bacteria. Brush at least twice a day, floss, scrape the tongue and use a non-alcoholic rinse that has oxidizing properties. Individuals suffering from bad breath will experience optimum relief only by using alcohol-free, oxidizing oral hygiene products.
“At least 90 percent of bad breath problems are associated with the sulfurous compounds generated by the putrefying, malodor-forming, anaerobic bacteria, which hide in oral crevices, and which degrade food particles and salivary cell fragments,” Kross says. “For a cleaner mouth and fresher breath, you’ll need oxidants to destroy a major portion of the bacteria in these low-oxygen environments, thereby removing the root cause of persistent halitosis.
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Thursday, October 9, 2014
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Trick or Treat: 3 Tips For Clean Teeth During National Dental Hygiene Month Part 2
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If you develop bad breath don't simply try to mask it with mints. "Anaerobic bacteria can also lead to painful and potentially serious conditions such as gingivitis and periodontitis, so it's best to attack the problem at the root," the expert stressed.
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Maintaining the proper balance or oral bacteria will not only keep your breath fresh, it will help you maintain good oral health.
Add tongue scraping and an oxidizing daily rinse to your oral hygiene. Brushing and flossing reach about 25% of your mouth, and that's why you should add tongue scraping and rinsing to your daily routine.
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"That white stuff you might see on your tongue is a collection of food particles and other organic matter, which can putrefy and create oral malodor ants," said Dr. Kross.
"Oxygen inhibits the growth of the responsible anaerobic bacteria, so scraping off the film and using an oxidizing mouthwash will counter that problem."
Control bad breath by controlling the mouth's bacteria. Brush at least twice a day, floss, scrape the tongue and use a non-alcoholic rinse that has oxidizing properties. Dr. Kross says individuals suffering from bad breath will experience optimum relief only by using alcohol-free, oxidizing oral hygiene products.
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"At least 90% of bad breath problems are associated with the sulfurous compounds generated by the putrefying, malodor-forming, anaerobic bacteria, which hide in oral crevices, and which degrade food particles and salivary cell fragments," Kross explained.
"For a cleaner mouth and fresher breath, you'll need oxidants to destroy a major portion of the bacteria in these low-oxygen environments, thereby removing the root cause of persistent halitosis."
Planning on stepping your oral hygiene game up? We know we are!
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
How Exercise Could Erode Teeth
Though we treat our teeth separately from our bodies, and keep dentistry and medicine in their distinct spheres, as my colleague Olga Khazan pointed out earlier this week, it turns out that teeth are part of our bodies. And as such, you could almost say it makes a certain kind of sense that other things we do to our bodies affect our teeth, too.
One of the most interesting dental correlations of recent times was noted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which, after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, released a report calling for more research on athletes’ oral health. Apparently some of the Beijing Olympians were not looking like models in a Listerine commercial. And London in 2012 wasn’t much better, according to a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine last year.
Though we treat our teeth separately from our bodies, and keep dentistry and medicine in their distinct spheres, as my colleague Olga Khazan pointed out earlier this week, it turns out that teeth are part of our bodies. And as such, you could almost say it makes a certain kind of sense that other things we do to our bodies affect our teeth, too.
One of the most interesting dental correlations of recent times was noted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which, after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, released a report calling for more research on athletes’ oral health. Apparently some of the Beijing Olympians were not looking like models in a Listerine commercial. And London in 2012 wasn’t much better, according to a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine last year.
Athletes’ BEWE scores showed that they were at a medium risk for tooth erosion, whereas the regular schmo controls were at a low risk. While athletes did have more cavities, that was associated with how much they trained. More workout hours logged per week meant a higher risk of cavities.
Everybody’s spit had pretty neutral pHs when they were just sitting around the lab, jawing on some wax. But, and this is where it gets interesting, athletes saliva had a significantly higher pH (meaning it was more basic, or alkaline) during the workout. They also produced less saliva overall.
There’s a type of protein in saliva, the researchers explain, that is thought to help prevent tooth erosion. The link between working out, saliva pH, and tooth decay, could be because the more alkaline saliva messes with that protein’s protective instincts. The researchers didn’t find any associations with sports drinks.
Triathletes (and Olympians) are a little more extreme when it comes to athleticism, of course, than your average hop-on-the-treadmill-a-couple-times-a-week Joe. It is interesting to think, though, that even if you avoid sugary drinks and brush twice a day, you could be putting your teeth at a different kind of risk when you go to the gym. But, you know, you should still go.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
3 tips for National Dental Hygiene Month
Halloween kicks off a series of holidays celebrated with delicious treats, from yummy chocolate candies to gut-busting dinners to seasonal alcoholic beverages.
While most parents will make sure their kids brush after eating their treats, National Dental Hygiene Month in October encourages a fuller approach to oral health.
“Teeth and gums are obviously key components of oral health care, but they’re just part of the whole environment inside one’s mouth,” says Dr. Bob Kross, a biochemist who’s been researching and developing oral health-care products since the 1980s.
“The nooks and crannies in our mouths and gums are not the only places crammed with organic debris, which feed the bacteria that create biofilm, such as plaque, to protect themselves from oxygen,” Kross says. “There are also cracks on the tongue’s surface and in the other soft tissues in the mouth and pharynx where bacteria collect, further compromising dental health and creating bad breath.”
Normal oral bacteria are fine, actually even necessary, when present in proper balance with each other, but it’s a problem when putrefying and pathogenic bacteria start to take over, he says.
“The sticky candies and treats children and adults consume during this time of year can disrupt the normal balance of bacteria if good dental hygiene isn't practiced,” says Kross, who describes how bad breath is created and how we can prevent it.
• If you develop bad breath don’t simply try to mask it with mints. Anaerobic bacteria can also lead to painful and potentially serious conditions such as gingivitis and periodontics, so it’s best to attack the problem at the root. Maintaining the proper balance or oral bacteria will not only keep your breath fresh, it will help you maintain good oral health.
• Add tongue scraping and an oxidizing daily rinse to your oral hygiene. Brushing and flossing reach about 25 percent of your mouth, and that’s why you should add tongue scraping and rinsing to your daily routine. That white stuff you might see on your tongue is a collection of food particles and other organic matter, which can putrefy and create oral malodorants. Oxygen inhibits the growth of the responsible anaerobic bacteria, so scraping off the film and using an oxidizing mouthwash will counter that problem.
• Control bad breath by controlling the mouth’s bacteria. Brush at least twice a day, floss, scrape the tongue and use a non-alcoholic rinse that has oxidizing properties. Individuals suffering from bad breath will experience optimum relief only by using alcohol-free, oxidizing oral hygiene products.
“At least 90 percent of bad breath problems are associated with the sulfurous compounds generated by the putrefying, malodor-forming, anaerobic bacteria, which hide in oral crevices, and which degrade food particles and salivary cell fragments,” Kross says. “For a cleaner mouth and fresher breath, you’ll need oxidants to destroy a major portion of the bacteria in these low-oxygen environments, thereby removing the root cause of persistent halitosis."
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While most parents will make sure their kids brush after eating their treats, National Dental Hygiene Month in October encourages a fuller approach to oral health.
“Teeth and gums are obviously key components of oral health care, but they’re just part of the whole environment inside one’s mouth,” says Dr. Bob Kross, a biochemist who’s been researching and developing oral health-care products since the 1980s.
“The nooks and crannies in our mouths and gums are not the only places crammed with organic debris, which feed the bacteria that create biofilm, such as plaque, to protect themselves from oxygen,” Kross says. “There are also cracks on the tongue’s surface and in the other soft tissues in the mouth and pharynx where bacteria collect, further compromising dental health and creating bad breath.”
Normal oral bacteria are fine, actually even necessary, when present in proper balance with each other, but it’s a problem when putrefying and pathogenic bacteria start to take over, he says.
“The sticky candies and treats children and adults consume during this time of year can disrupt the normal balance of bacteria if good dental hygiene isn't practiced,” says Kross, who describes how bad breath is created and how we can prevent it.
• If you develop bad breath don’t simply try to mask it with mints. Anaerobic bacteria can also lead to painful and potentially serious conditions such as gingivitis and periodontics, so it’s best to attack the problem at the root. Maintaining the proper balance or oral bacteria will not only keep your breath fresh, it will help you maintain good oral health.
• Add tongue scraping and an oxidizing daily rinse to your oral hygiene. Brushing and flossing reach about 25 percent of your mouth, and that’s why you should add tongue scraping and rinsing to your daily routine. That white stuff you might see on your tongue is a collection of food particles and other organic matter, which can putrefy and create oral malodorants. Oxygen inhibits the growth of the responsible anaerobic bacteria, so scraping off the film and using an oxidizing mouthwash will counter that problem.
• Control bad breath by controlling the mouth’s bacteria. Brush at least twice a day, floss, scrape the tongue and use a non-alcoholic rinse that has oxidizing properties. Individuals suffering from bad breath will experience optimum relief only by using alcohol-free, oxidizing oral hygiene products.
“At least 90 percent of bad breath problems are associated with the sulfurous compounds generated by the putrefying, malodor-forming, anaerobic bacteria, which hide in oral crevices, and which degrade food particles and salivary cell fragments,” Kross says. “For a cleaner mouth and fresher breath, you’ll need oxidants to destroy a major portion of the bacteria in these low-oxygen environments, thereby removing the root cause of persistent halitosis."
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
Can brain scans help predict young children's reading abilities?
Scans of young children's brains might help predict how they learn to read. This finding could potentially allow doctors to identify those with dyslexia and other reading difficulties early on, preliminary research suggests.
"Early identification and interventions are extremely important in children with dyslexia as well as most neurodevelopmental disorders," the study's senior author, Dr. Fumiko Hoeft, an associate professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), said in a university news release.
"Accumulation of research evidence such as ours may one day help us identify kids who might be at risk for dyslexia, rather than waiting for children to become poor readers and experience failure," Hoeft said.
The study, published recently in Psychological Science, involved 38 kindergarteners. As the children were learning to read at school, the researchers used brain scans to examine the white matter in the children's brains. White matter is essential for perceiving, thinking and learning, according to the researchers. The development of white matter was monitored until the kids reached third grade.
Children in the United States begin learning to read in kindergarten. By third grade, they are usually skilled readers, the researchers explained.
The study found that development of the children's white matter was a strong predictor of their reading abilities.
"Examining developmental changes in the brain over a critical period of reading appears to be a unique sensitive measure of variation and may add insight to our understanding of reading development in ways that brain data from one time point, and behavioral and environmental measures, cannot," said study lead author Chelsea Myers, lab manager in UCSF's Laboratory for Educational Neuroscience, in the news release.
"The hope is that understanding each child's neurocognitive profiles will help educators provide targeted and personalized education and intervention, particularly in those with special needs," Myers added.
Although there are other commonly used measures to assess children's reading readiness, such as their IQ, early language skills, socioeconomic states and a family history of reading problems, the study found brain scans improve the accuracy of early reading predictions by 60 percent.
"What was intriguing in this study was that brain development in regions important to reading predicted above and beyond all of these measures," Hoeft pointed out. "We show that white matter development during a critical period in a child's life, when they start school and learn to read for the very first time, predicts how well the child ends up reading."
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"Early identification and interventions are extremely important in children with dyslexia as well as most neurodevelopmental disorders," the study's senior author, Dr. Fumiko Hoeft, an associate professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), said in a university news release.
"Accumulation of research evidence such as ours may one day help us identify kids who might be at risk for dyslexia, rather than waiting for children to become poor readers and experience failure," Hoeft said.
The study, published recently in Psychological Science, involved 38 kindergarteners. As the children were learning to read at school, the researchers used brain scans to examine the white matter in the children's brains. White matter is essential for perceiving, thinking and learning, according to the researchers. The development of white matter was monitored until the kids reached third grade.
Children in the United States begin learning to read in kindergarten. By third grade, they are usually skilled readers, the researchers explained.
The study found that development of the children's white matter was a strong predictor of their reading abilities.
"Examining developmental changes in the brain over a critical period of reading appears to be a unique sensitive measure of variation and may add insight to our understanding of reading development in ways that brain data from one time point, and behavioral and environmental measures, cannot," said study lead author Chelsea Myers, lab manager in UCSF's Laboratory for Educational Neuroscience, in the news release.
"The hope is that understanding each child's neurocognitive profiles will help educators provide targeted and personalized education and intervention, particularly in those with special needs," Myers added.
Although there are other commonly used measures to assess children's reading readiness, such as their IQ, early language skills, socioeconomic states and a family history of reading problems, the study found brain scans improve the accuracy of early reading predictions by 60 percent.
"What was intriguing in this study was that brain development in regions important to reading predicted above and beyond all of these measures," Hoeft pointed out. "We show that white matter development during a critical period in a child's life, when they start school and learn to read for the very first time, predicts how well the child ends up reading."
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Mother's shock after baby daughter is born with two fully-formed teeth - but she claims breastfeeding didn't hurt
Many women are understandably anxious about starting to breastfeed.
But Chloe Pullen admits she was slightly more worried than most, after her daughter Rose was born with two fully formed front teeth.
Most babies start teething at around six months, but Rose astounded nurses and midwives at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff with her pearly white incisors.
Mrs Pullen, 25, from Pantmawr in Powys, Wales had a Caesarean so was under general anaesthetic for her daughter's birth.
When she came round, her husband Daniel told her their daughter had been born with teeth.
She said: 'The midwives had never seen a baby with teeth before.
'Everybody came to the ward to see her – you could tell it was rare,' she told Wales Online.
Teeth that a child is born with are known as natal teeth.
Doctors say they occur in about one in every 2,000 to 3,000 babies.
They usually develop in the lower gums and have little root structure, meaning they are often wobbly.
Mrs Pullen, who also has a two-year-old son Thomas, said she and her husband were so surprised by their daughter's appearance that they sent a picture of them to their friends and family. She said the incisors looked like normal teeth, only smaller. And luckily, breastfeeding didn't hurt as much as she had expected.
'I was worried about breastfeeding her but it didn't hurt,' she said.
'I could not actually feel her teeth.'
It turned out that Rose is not the first baby in the family to be born with gnashers - the family later learned her grandmother was also born with one front tooth. Rose's teeth, which were in the middle of her lower gum, were removed three days after she was born.
This is often the case with natal teeth because if they are loose there is a danger of the child choking on them.
They can also injure the baby's tongue when it is breastfeeding and can cause a breastfeeding mother pain.
Rose had to be fed with bottled milk until the teeth were removed, but Mrs Pullen could resume breastfeeding again after that.
She is still expected to grow a full set of baby teeth.
Her mother added: 'I was given a little toothfairy box at her baby shower and I never thought I would be using it so soon - especially for Rose before her older brother Thomas.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2762224/Mother-s-shock-baby-daughter-born-two-fully-formed-teeth.html#ixzz3EC8IL09n
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But Chloe Pullen admits she was slightly more worried than most, after her daughter Rose was born with two fully formed front teeth.
Most babies start teething at around six months, but Rose astounded nurses and midwives at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff with her pearly white incisors.
Mrs Pullen, 25, from Pantmawr in Powys, Wales had a Caesarean so was under general anaesthetic for her daughter's birth.
When she came round, her husband Daniel told her their daughter had been born with teeth.
She said: 'The midwives had never seen a baby with teeth before.
'Everybody came to the ward to see her – you could tell it was rare,' she told Wales Online.
Teeth that a child is born with are known as natal teeth.
Doctors say they occur in about one in every 2,000 to 3,000 babies.
They usually develop in the lower gums and have little root structure, meaning they are often wobbly.
Mrs Pullen, who also has a two-year-old son Thomas, said she and her husband were so surprised by their daughter's appearance that they sent a picture of them to their friends and family. She said the incisors looked like normal teeth, only smaller. And luckily, breastfeeding didn't hurt as much as she had expected.
'I was worried about breastfeeding her but it didn't hurt,' she said.
'I could not actually feel her teeth.'
It turned out that Rose is not the first baby in the family to be born with gnashers - the family later learned her grandmother was also born with one front tooth. Rose's teeth, which were in the middle of her lower gum, were removed three days after she was born.
This is often the case with natal teeth because if they are loose there is a danger of the child choking on them.
They can also injure the baby's tongue when it is breastfeeding and can cause a breastfeeding mother pain.
Rose had to be fed with bottled milk until the teeth were removed, but Mrs Pullen could resume breastfeeding again after that.
She is still expected to grow a full set of baby teeth.
Her mother added: 'I was given a little toothfairy box at her baby shower and I never thought I would be using it so soon - especially for Rose before her older brother Thomas.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2762224/Mother-s-shock-baby-daughter-born-two-fully-formed-teeth.html#ixzz3EC8IL09n
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Monday, September 22, 2014
New Albany Dental Expert Gives 5 Tips to Stop Grinding Teeth
New Albany dental expert Dr. Ronald Receveur wants people to know that stress is not only bad for their heart and nerves, it’s also bad for their teeth.
Studies show that bruxism, or teeth grinding, often is stress-related.
Besides wearing away the teeth, Dr. Receveur said bruxism also affects the jaw muscles and temporomandibular joint (TMJ).
“Since it happens while you sleep, most people don’t even know they are doing it until the symptoms start to appear,” he said. “I’m more likely to notice it because of the state of their teeth than they are to tell me about it.”
While teeth grinding doesn’t have a cure, Dr. Receveur said people can follow these five tips to reduce its frequency and consequences:
1. Lower your stress level.
2. Help your jaw relax before bed with a muscle relaxer or warm washcloth.
3. Have your dentist give you a splint, which is a mouth guard that keeps your teeth from rubbing against each other.
4. Cut the caffeine.
5. Cut the alcohol.
Dr. Receveur, who practices in New Albany, Ind., across the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky., offers Louisville cosmetic dentistry services and general dentistry such as teeth cleanings, X-rays, fillings, extractions, root canals, crowns, teeth whitening and veneers.
Dr. Receveur also is an expert in more advanced implant dentistry like All on Four dental implants, All on Six dental implants, mini dental implants, dental implants in one day, dental implants in one hour, bone grafting and sinus lifts, all with IV sedation dentistry.
Dr. Receveur offers a five-year warranty on all cosmetic and prosthetic work.
Dr. Receveur, a New Albany, native, has been the family dentist of choice for Southern Indiana and Louisville since 1981.
Dr. Receveur was born with a partial cleft palate that left him with a missing front tooth. As a child he “wore an awful removable partial.” As a teenager, Dr. Receveur received a permanent bridge, but his dentist destroyed one of his healthy, natural teeth in the process. These dental experiences helped drive him to find better dental solutions for his patients.
Dr. Receveur graduated from Indiana University Southeast with honors in chemistry, after which he earned his doctorate in Dental Surgery from the Indiana University School of Dentistry.
Dr. Receveur has attended more than 5,000 hours of postgraduate training and even gone to Portugal to study with the best dentists in the world. He has been awarded numerous advanced certifications in Implant, Sedation, Comprehensive, Restorative and Aesthetic dentistry so he may provide the most current dental techniques to his Louisville and New Albany dental patients.
Read more: http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2014/08/19/new-albany-dental-expert-gives-5-tips-stop-grinding-teeth#ixzz3E6KyDS5v
Studies show that bruxism, or teeth grinding, often is stress-related.
Besides wearing away the teeth, Dr. Receveur said bruxism also affects the jaw muscles and temporomandibular joint (TMJ).
“Since it happens while you sleep, most people don’t even know they are doing it until the symptoms start to appear,” he said. “I’m more likely to notice it because of the state of their teeth than they are to tell me about it.”
While teeth grinding doesn’t have a cure, Dr. Receveur said people can follow these five tips to reduce its frequency and consequences:
1. Lower your stress level.
2. Help your jaw relax before bed with a muscle relaxer or warm washcloth.
3. Have your dentist give you a splint, which is a mouth guard that keeps your teeth from rubbing against each other.
4. Cut the caffeine.
5. Cut the alcohol.
Dr. Receveur, who practices in New Albany, Ind., across the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky., offers Louisville cosmetic dentistry services and general dentistry such as teeth cleanings, X-rays, fillings, extractions, root canals, crowns, teeth whitening and veneers.
Dr. Receveur also is an expert in more advanced implant dentistry like All on Four dental implants, All on Six dental implants, mini dental implants, dental implants in one day, dental implants in one hour, bone grafting and sinus lifts, all with IV sedation dentistry.
Dr. Receveur offers a five-year warranty on all cosmetic and prosthetic work.
Dr. Receveur, a New Albany, native, has been the family dentist of choice for Southern Indiana and Louisville since 1981.
Dr. Receveur was born with a partial cleft palate that left him with a missing front tooth. As a child he “wore an awful removable partial.” As a teenager, Dr. Receveur received a permanent bridge, but his dentist destroyed one of his healthy, natural teeth in the process. These dental experiences helped drive him to find better dental solutions for his patients.
Dr. Receveur graduated from Indiana University Southeast with honors in chemistry, after which he earned his doctorate in Dental Surgery from the Indiana University School of Dentistry.
Dr. Receveur has attended more than 5,000 hours of postgraduate training and even gone to Portugal to study with the best dentists in the world. He has been awarded numerous advanced certifications in Implant, Sedation, Comprehensive, Restorative and Aesthetic dentistry so he may provide the most current dental techniques to his Louisville and New Albany dental patients.
Read more: http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2014/08/19/new-albany-dental-expert-gives-5-tips-stop-grinding-teeth#ixzz3E6KyDS5v
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