Home Blog Doctors Services Videos New Patients Testimonials Smile Gallery FAQs Contact Us Blog Section Temporomandibular Joint Disorder By Danielle Amini-Luther 04 Aug, 2019 Dental Health Bite Plane, Clenching, Grinding, Headaches, Nightguard, Temporomandibular Joint, Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, TMD, TMJ The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a hinge-like connection point between your jaw and skull. It is what allows us to move our jaw when we eat or talk. Several factors can cause this joint to become irritated or inflamed leading to a painful condition called temporomandibular joint disorder, or TMD. More Diet and Oral Health By Danielle Amini-Luther 13 Jun, 2019 Dental Health, Food Tips, General Health, Health Tips DASH Diet, Diet, food, health, Healthy Diet, Inflammation, Mediterranean Diet, oral health, Probiotics, Supplements In a time where new diets are coming out each week and everyone wants to have a beach ready body, it is important to remember there are some health risks with these fad diets. More Meditation for Anyone By Danielle Amini-Luther 20 Apr, 2019 General Health, Health Tips Anxiety, Awareness, Balance, Beginner Meditation, Breath, Calm, Clarity, Headspace, health, How to Meditate, Improved Health, Insight, Meditate, Meditation, Meditation Apps, mindful, Mindfulness, Stress, Stress Management Meditation may seem like an intimidating word to many people. You may be picturing a person on a mountain or on the beach with absolutely no thoughts in their head. However, many of us use some form of meditation on a daily basis without even knowing it! There are many different kinds of meditation and […] More Are You Putting Too Much Toothpaste on Your Child’s Toothbrush? By Danielle Amini-Luther 28 Mar, 2019 Dental Health Baby teeth, Brushing Baby Teeth, Child, Fluoridated Toothpaste, Fluoridated Water, fluoride, Infant, Kid, Kids Toothpaste, oral health, Toddler, Toothpaste It is very important to begin attending to your child’s oral health even before teeth appear in their mouth! But, how much toothpaste should you be using? In commercials we see a long strip of toothpaste covering the entire brush head, but studies show this is nowhere close the recommended amount. More Would You Ignore Bleeding Coming From Any Part of Your Body? By Danielle Amini-Luther 09 Feb, 2019 Dental Health Gingivitis, Gum Bleeding, Inflammation, Pregnancy Gingivitis Would you ignore bleeding if you saw it coming from any part of your body? If your eye was bleeding when you opened it in the morning? If your hand started bleeding at work? Wouldn’t you do something about it? Why is it that we ignore bleeding gums? Even a trace of blood from gums […] More Gum Disease Role in Alzheimer’s Development By Danielle Amini-Luther 24 Jan, 2019 Dental Health, General Health Alzheimer's Disease, Gingivitis, Gum Disease, Periodontitis Stunning new research has found a potential link between gum disease and the development of Alzheimer’s disease. While this is not a ‘causal’ element, we have reason to believe gum disease plays an important role in Alzheimer’s onset and progression. More Gluten Allergy Flare Up: Is Your Nightguard the Culprit? By Danielle Amini-Luther 31 Oct, 2018 Dental Health Allergy, Celiac, Celiac Disease, Dental, Gluten, Gluten Free, Night Guard, Nightguard by Bela Bernstein, RDH Nightguards are one of the most powerful oral appliances to keep many patients comfortable after experiencing chronic jaw pain and tooth sensitivity. When choosing the appropriate type of nightguard for each patient, not only should the cause of the problem be considered but systemic issues as well. One such example is […] More Overnight Oats By Danielle Amini-Luther 08 Sep, 2018 Food Tips, Healthy Food, Weight Loss breakfast, Breakfast Smoothie, Energy, fitness, food, health, Health Food, Overnight Oats, Weight Loss There are a thousand ways to do overnight oats, but these are my personal favorite recipes for fast, easy, and healthy breakfast oats! More Exercise After a Long Day By Danielle Amini-Luther 12 Jun, 2018 Fitness exercise, Fatigue, fitness, health, Performance, Workout Ever notice how your workout routine is disrupted by a stressful day? Are you working on a big project, or dealing with difficult clients? Did you get stuck in traffic on your way home? Or, maybe you just spent an hour scrolling through pintrest and instagram? Although these things are not physically taxing on the […] More Dani’s Powerhouse Summer Breakfast Smoothie By Danielle Amini-Luther 08 May, 2018 Fitness, Food Tips, Health Tips, Healthy Food, Weight Loss antioxidant, breakfast, clean eating, fitness, health, healthy food, powerhouse, Smoothie, Weight Loss More Posts navigation 1 2 3 Next » Search for: Recent Posts Temporomandibular Joint Disorder Diet and Oral Health Meditation for Anyone Are You Putting Too Much Toothpaste on Your Child’s Toothbrush? Would You Ignore Bleeding Coming From Any Part of Your Body? 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