Wellness

A practical starter panel for dentists who want sharper clinical decisions and more predictable outcomes.

Early in his career, Dr. Chad Kasperowski experienced a case that changed the way he approaches dentistry. He placed an implant in a lower molar site that seemed ideal...

Recognizing an aphthous ulcer is not the hard part. Dr. Lucy Hooper on knowing when not to dismiss one, and the eleven things worth checking before you do.

The gut hormones nobody paid attention to are now in a large share of your chairs. Dr. Leslie S.T. Fang on how GLP-1s work and what they change about your day.

You see your patients more often than their doctor does. Dr. Hugh Coyne on what that makes possible, and the tests that fit inside a normal dental visit.

Dr. John Bruce kept noticing that his periodontal patients also had airway problems. Once you start seeing the pattern, isolated dental problems get harder to believe in.

A thirty dollar guard beats nothing. Dr. Chad Kasperowski, sixteen seasons with the Commanders, on the design detail that decides whether it gets worn at all.

Most textbooks bridging medicine and dentistry are five years behind, some further. Dr. Leslie Fang is a nephrologist, and he thinks that is why he can write this one.

Forty-one per cent of children with sleep apnea breathe through their mouths. Dr. Audrey Yoon on whether taping helps, and the patients for whom it is a bad idea.