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NEWBURYPORT – New Orleans has Mardi Gras. San Antonio has Fiesta, week long, citywide parties that hosst colorful events, concerts, parades and sometimes fireworks. This old port city on the Merrimack River enjoys Yankee Homecoming, which starts Saturday, and ends...
IPSWICH – Town Manager Stephen Crane and Director of Public Health Colleen Fermon wish to remind residents of Ipswich's confidential syringe service program. Cape Ann communities have seen an uptick in overdoses and incidents of substance misuse recently. In light of...
Your dentist may have the best technology, may have gone to a top dental school, and do great clinical work, but none of those are the primary reasons people choose to stay with a dental practice or any service provider. Generally speaking, people stay with their...
Many patients and dentists face a decision-making process when it comes to keeping a natural tooth with root canal therapy vs. removal of a tooth and replacing it with a dental implant. The introduction of dental implants has proven to be a pivotal technology in...
There have been lots of changes over time in the materials used to restore teeth. Many of the materials I use today were not in existence when I started to practice. The most significant changes have been to materials that are tooth-colored. There are very few...
You’ve heard it before – three in four adults over 35 have some form of gum disease. A preponderance of clinical research reveals that gum disease poses a far greater threat to health than just losing a tooth. Periodontal disease may actually increase your risk for a...
By J. Peter St. Clair, DMD The word is out – taking care of your oral health is better for your whole body, including your mind. However, statistics still indicate only about half of the population goes on a regular basis. For those that do go, most patients...
Dental hygienists love it when they make suggestions to patients about home care and their dreams are answered when the patient returns 6 months later with noticeable improvement. It might be as simple as adding a good electric toothbrush or waterpik to the patient’s...
Let’s use this hypothetical situation: You have not been to dentist in a while (pick a time frame), you are well aware you need some dental work, you were given the recommendation of a dentist by a friend…..and, you decide to visit that dentist and four other dentists...
13 Amesbury Locals Pedal Toward Record-Breaking $75 Million Fundraising Goal in the 2024 Pan-Mass Challenge Residents cycle to cross $1 billion in lifetime fundraising for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute NEEDHAM, Mass. May 21, 2024 – On Saturday, August 3 and Sunday,...
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