The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) is pleased to announce that Deborah Fung, DDS, MAGD, of Roseville, Minnesota received the association’s Mastership Award during the AGD 2013 Annual Meeting & Exhibits, held from June 27 to 30 in Nashville, Tenn. The Mastership Award is the highest AGD honor available and one of the most respected designations within the profession. To …
Scary words: ROOT CANAL
If you’ve ever been told that you need a root canal, you know the sinking feeling in your gut that tells you that you’d rather die. We have all heard root canal horror stories and when we tell our loved ones we need a root canal they wince. But the truth is that as scary as a root canal may …
Earth Shattering Teeth Grinding
Many people grind their teeth and don’t realize it. Other people know, but don’t know why it’s a big deal. What you don’t know can’t hurt you, right? WRONG! Generally, when people chew they are using between 10-30 pounds of pressure on their teeth. But “clenchers” and “grinders” are exerting up to 250 pounds of pressure on their teeth according …
Victoriuos Life Change
Victory! Yesterday, I saw something life changing for me and a patient. I never thought that I would say that about a normal dental procedure here in Roseville Minnesota, because dentistry is dentistry and Roseville is just a nice, quiet little suburb of St. Paul and Minneapolis, right? Here is the back story: a few weeks ago a patient came …