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We’re already a week into the New Year. Wow, does time fly! Do you have your list of New Year’s resolutions to make 2023 the best year ever? Throughout the year I’m always adding things to my list of things to do. As with many to-do lists, some of the items on it keep...
At the end of each of the past 17 years, I have used this space to publish these 21 Suggestions for Success authored by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Cut this out and put it on the refrigerator. Read this list often and take these suggestions to heart. The more of these you...
Most people take saliva for granted, but saliva is necessary for proper digestion of food. Saliva also helps protect the mouth from dental decay, gum diseases and bad breath, because it has the natural ability to stop bacterial growth. Having a dry mouth can lead to a...
Solace for Stephanie Helps 100th Cancer Victim By Stewart Lytle REGIONAL – An 82-year-old Salisbury woman suffering with stage 4 cancer was distraught that she could not keep her house clean. MaryAnn “Mo” Levasseur, a founder of Solace for Stephanie, heard about the...
If you did not catch Part 1 of this column last week, you can read it at www.thetowncommon.com. As I explained last week, dental insurance is not really insurance. All plans available are dental benefit plans, intended to cover basic services. True insurance covers...
**This is a repeat of a 2-part column on Ballot Question 2, in case you missed it. This is important! As a general rule, the team at my office is discouraged from using the word “insurance”, because dental insurance is not really insurance. They are dental benefits....
If you did not catch Part 1 of this column last week, you can read it at www.thetowncommon.com. As I explained last week, dental insurance is not really insurance. All plans available are dental benefit plans, intended to cover basic services. True insurance covers...
As a general rule, the team at my office is discouraged from using the word “insurance”, because dental insurance is not really insurance. They are dental benefits. True insurance covers loss and damage. I offer medical insurance to my team as all small businesses do...
If you have read these columns in the past, you have seen me write about periodontal (gum) health and its relationship to systemic health. There is a slew of scientific evidence that poor periodontal health is not good for you systemically. It has been linked to heart...
I attended a continuing education course a while back entitled “Hit Man or Healer?” The course was given by a well-known leader in the dental profession. The basic premise of the course was the notion that we have a lot more science, studies and data available today...
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