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Are All Protein Bars and Sports Snacks Bad for Your Teeth?

January 30, 2018Dr. Del Kovacevic

When serious dental problems were happening to athletes participating in the Olympic games, it wasn’t difficult to find the main causes. The habit of sipping sugary drinks and relying on sugar-laden protein bars throughout their training had taken its toll on their teeth, leading to a startling number of dental problems. Although these issues were…

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Brushing Getting Boring? Switch Up Your Routine with These 3 Dental Apps

January 26, 2018Dr. Del Kovacevic

What do you use your smartphone for most? Over 77% of Americans own a smartphone, using it for everything from shopping and research to surfing the internet and downloading applications. It’s that last action that can do a lot to rekindle the fun of your oral health routine. With dozens of dental apps available for…

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Do we Really Have Stem Cells in Our Teeth? We do.

November 27, 2017Dr. Del Kovacevic

Stem cells, they tell us, will cure incurable diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. It’s both a promising and dangerous field, one that may revolutionize medicine or deliver false hope. What is it that makes stem cells such an attractive avenue of medical research? Most cells in our body have very unique functions, they do…

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Why Exercise is Bad [For Your Teeth]

November 3, 2017Dr. Del Kovacevic

Martin Schmidt, the manager of German soccer team Wolfsburg, recently admitted that he forces all his players to brush their teeth after practice. Why? These are grown men who make a lot of money, why must they brush their teeth? According to Schmidt, exercise causes acidity and this acidity goes into the bloodstream, and it…

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The Dental Plights of the Ancient 1 Percent

September 1, 2017Dr. Del Kovacevic

Hi all, I have a short post for you today. I personally find this topic fascinating. Let me start with some questions. If you had to guess between Julius Caesar and some random Roman proletariat, who had the better teeth? What about between Richard III and some poor sod living in a corner of London…

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Did Bad Oral Health Kill Sea World’s Orcas?

August 16, 2017Dr. Del Kovacevic

Nootka 5 was thirty-two when she died. She had been captured off the coast of Iceland in 1981 and she would go on to birth eight children in captivity, of which only three would go on to live longer than four years. The cause of her death was unannounced, but over the years they had…

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The Truth About Mountain Dew Mouth

July 31, 2017Dr. Del Kovacevic

“Sugar kills,” reads the headline, as the article then proceeds to lecture us on the harm of sugar and soda, using “Mountain Dew mouth” as the emphasis of the argument. The term has come to define a region. It has also come to define debates around decisions with far-reaching consequences for the Appalachian region —…

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What Does Marijuana do to my Teeth?

July 19, 2017Dr. Del Kovacevic

Almost a third of Americans have smoked or otherwise consumed marijuana five times or more. In 2000, almost a fifth of Americans were found to be marijuana users. It’s equally as consumed around the world, with almost a fifth of Australians having been found to use it within the past 12 months. Suffice to say,…

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3 Ways to Extract a Tooth — I Recommend Only 1 of These

July 5, 2017Dr. Del Kovacevic

Sometimes a tooth needs to be extracted. It’s a common procedure and it can have multiple causes. A dentist may, for example, extract a tooth to make room for others to grow into — in the right context, it can help straighten your smile or it can make room for the eruption of a new…

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30 Wonderful Years of Service to Greensburg — A Reflection

June 16, 2017Dr. Del Kovacevic

30 years ago, I started this practice in beautiful Greensburg. Boy, what a wonderful, thrilling 30 years it has been. To have met so many people and to have had the chance to help them is something that is truly providential, and it has been a blessing to me and my family beyond what I…

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