What’s Your Excuse?
At Dillon Family Dentistry, we cannot even tell you how many times we've heard people say things like… “I've been meaning to make an appointment but I just haven’t gotten…
Mostly for my older peeps
It seems that almost all meds these days have a side-effect of xerostomia, or dry mouth. On top of meds radiation treatment for cancer can also cause dry mouth. You…
“I kinda got that one wrong!!!
So, you think gum and candy are the things that you have to stay away from if want healthy teeth? The answer, happily, is ‘no’! Numerous studies have found that…
Let’s start with when to start to bring your kids into the office.
I’m just back from vacation over to Latvia, Austria and Italy and had a lot of time to do some extra reading and have a bunch of ideas for blogs.…
Don’t want to take your dentist with you on your vacation; take PODS and PANS!
Ok, then just take these things. Some of them are PODS (plain ole dental stuff) and some are PANS (pretty amazing new stuff) to help you through painless dental care…
The toughest parts of being a dentist
The hardest part of Dentistry usually has to do communication. This is no different from other professions and relationships in which we are all involved. Like other businesses communicating with…
A look into X-Rays
I wanted to just talk a little bit about dental X-Rays. Routine radiographs are critically important in trying to perform the most painless dental care, conservative and minimally invasive dentistry.…
Man v. Dogs! Dental-Style
Is a Dog's Mouth REALLY Cleaner That A Human's Mouth? It's something we've all heard many times - "the mouth of a dog is cleaner than that of its owner".…
Don’t Pass This On!!!
“She has her father’s gorgeous eyes!” “He sings beautifully, just like his mother.” “He’s so smart – must have gotten that from his Dad!” “Just like her Mom – a…
Lessons learned from British Columbia
I just got back from a really cool ski trip to British Columbia. We went Cat skiing for 4 days and skied at Whitewater a few other days. When we…