Dental News for Chocolate Lovers

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Great news for chocolate lovers - it turns out a substance in chocolate is good for dental enamel.  Actually the compound called theobromine turns out to strengthen dental enamel even better than fluoride. This is not only great news for chocolate lovers but for dental patients who have … [Read more...]

Tips for a Cavity Free Easter Basket

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Yes, you can make a cavity-free Easter Basket that your children will love. While we all agree that we love to dive into a  Basket that is overflowing with marshmallow Peeps, chocolate bunnies and all sorts of other sugary treats we know that eating too much of this stuff is bad for our health and … [Read more...]

Abscessed Tooth Requires Care

Rothfus Family Dental shares signs of dental abscess.

Ignore your teeth and they'll go away... Ignore a dental abscess and you might go away! An abscessed tooth requires appropriate care or the infection can spread throughout the body. A dental abscess is an infection at the root of a tooth or between the gums and a tooth. This infection is usually … [Read more...]

Fluoride in Drinking Water Saves Adult Teeth Too

Fluoride has long been added to drinking water to strengthen tooth enamel in children but a new study shows that it works for adults too! This is the first study to show that fluoride in drinking water prevents tooth decay in adults - even if they had not received fluoridated drinking water as … [Read more...]

Tooth Fairy Price Inflation

Rothfus Family Dental and the Tooth Fairy want to protect your kids from cavities.

The economy must be improving in Fairyland, as well as here in Oregon. It seems that the amount of money left by the Tooth Fairy in 2012 increased by 32 cents to an average amount of $2.42. Each year the Delta Dental folks run the Original Tooth Fairy Poll. In 2011 the average gift from the Tooth … [Read more...]