March 30th, 2012
Drs. Dennis and Marie Stiles enjoy giving back to the dental community by interfacing and interacting with students at the University of Maryland (UMB) Dental School. We truly are passionate about dentistry and we enjoy inspiring new dental students, and helping them better understand the complexities of dentistry. One of the things that we teach dental students is how to provide comprehensive dental exams that take occlusion and signs of TMJ into account. If you have any questions about dentistry, or about our involvement at UMB Dental School, please don’t hesitate to give us a call or ask on Facebook!
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March 22nd, 2012
Dental X-rays are an essential and invaluable tool to help assist us in evaluating your oral health. With X-rays, we can see what’s happening beneath the surface of your teeth and gums and identify oral health issues otherwise hidden during a visual exam, including:
• small areas of decay between the teeth or below existing restorations (fillings)
• infections in the bone
• periodontal (gum) disease
• abscesses or cysts
• developmental abnormalities
• types of tumors
If left untreated, these problems can lead to expensive, time-consuming, and painful conditions, so it’s important to find and treat them early.
Dental X-rays are extremely safe, and our team is certified in the proper use of our digital X-ray equipment. The amount of radiation that you are exposed to from dental X-rays is very small compared to your daily exposure from things like atmospheric radiation and naturally-occurring radioactive elements, as well as medical X-rays you may have gotten at your doctor’s office or hospital. In fact our digital system dramatically decreases the already minimal amount of exposure even further. We try to be as conservative as possible when prescribing x-rays but do need them to see what is going on where our eyes can’t see.
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March 14th, 2012
We love hearing about new, thought-provoking books to read here at Stiles Dentistry. Recently Dr. Dennis Stiles read The End of Illness by Dr. David Agus and wanted to recommend it to all of our patients! Here is a quick summary from Amazon.com:
“Can we live robustly until our last breath? Do we have to suffer from debilitating conditions and sickness? Is it possible to add more vibrant years to our lives? In The End of Illness, David B. Agus, MD, one of the world’s leading cancer doctors, researchers, and technology innovators, tackles these fundamental questions, challenging long-held wisdoms and dismantling misperceptions about what “health” means. With a blend of storytelling, landmark research, and provocative ideas on health, Dr. Agus presents an eye-opening picture of the human body and all of the ways it works—and fails—showing us how a new perspective on our individual health will allow each of us to achieve that often elusive but now reachable goal of a long, vigorous life.”
The big take away from this book for Dr. Stiles was the focus on reducing inflammation in our bodies. Inflammation can be linked to many of our health problems. In dentistry, the mouth can be a huge source of inflammation.
If you’ve had the chance to read this book, Dr. Stiles encourages you to let him know! He would love to hear your feedback about some of the topics that were discussed.
Happy reading!
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March 12th, 2012
We’ve rolled out our new Facebook Timeline page and would love for you to check it out! You’ll find all the useful information that was there before, but now in a fun, new layout. When you connect with us on Facebook, you’ll be able to check out photos of our office, find out about new events and contests, or you can even leave a note about how much you enjoyed your visit at our office. We love hearing your feedback to make our practice serve you and your family even better. To make life even easier, if you “Like” us on Facebook, you’ll automatically receive updates from our office right on your own news feed!
See you on Facebook!
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