As we mentioned in our last blog, Raphaelson Dental Associates treats the whole body, not just a tooth or your mouth. Think of your mouth as a window, that allows us to look into your body, giving us clues that can detect early dental problems and symptoms of systemic disease. According to the Academy of General Dentistry, that more than 90 percent of all systemic diseases produce oral signs and symptoms. Conditions such as Periodontal disease can be precursors Alzheimer's an

If there’s any one dental procedure that is dreaded by most people, it is root canal therapy. Almost every other dental treatment term sounds better: filling, caps, crowns, bridges, implants, but “root canal” sounds downright scary! And we have all heard the expression “I’d rather have a root canal than….”. When you need your "root canal" worked on, it’s called “root canal therapy” or “root canal treatment,” or the dental term, “endodontic therapy.” The root canal is the cent