Utah Family Dentist Blog

What are the health benefits of kissing? Aside from being a social pleasure, kissing has plenty of health benefits too. It can help reduce blood pressure, burn up to 16 calories; helps fight cavities and boost...

Few things are as painful as a toothache. The source of the pain can vary: tooth decay, a fractured tooth, a damaged filling, repetitive motions such as grinding teeth, or an abscessed tooth. Toothaches may vary in...

Wisdom teeth are the third and final sets of molars that often come in when people hit their late teens or early twenties. They are called wisdom teeth because they grow in when people are more mature, unlike regular...

Summer is a happy season for many people. There’s the sun’s warmth, vacations, and the Fourth of July with its parades, concerts, and barbecues. If you find yourself with plenty to be happy about, make sure you are...

An abscess is an infection around the root of the tooth. It may or may not be painful, but the absence of pain should not fool you. The infection is still there and may be getting worse. Abscesses occur when the soft...

Anthropologists believe that wisdom teeth, our third set of molars, were needed by our ancestors to chew through their diet of rough, coarse food. Wisdom teeth have no function in processing today’s softer foods. For...