Ugly Scrub Top Competition

This year the office kicked off the holiday season with an ugly scrub top competition. Everyone decorated their scrub in their best holiday fashion and we ended with some amazing results. Check out our facebook https://www.facebook.com/BrosyFamilyDentistry/ to see all of the photos and vote on your favorite scrub top!

Shark Week!

Shark Week is an annual event on the Discovery Channel. We got into the spirit here at Brosy Family Dentistry by sharing facts about sharks and by giving away a shark in our "Name a Friend" contest.
 Just in case you missed it here are some shark facts to sink your teeth into:

1. Sharks average about 15 rows of teeth in each jaw. Most sharks have 5 rows of teeth, but some can have up to 50 rows!

2. Sharks continually lose and grow new teeth all throughout their lives. The number of teeth a shark grows and uses during it's life can be enormous. Some sharks can use up to 30,000 teeth in their lifetime. That's roughly 937 times the number of teeth for the average human!

3. Sharks are born with complete sets of teeth and swim away from their mother, soon after being born, to fend for themselves.

4.  Tiger sharks are often referred to as the "garbage cans of the sea" because they will eat anything. They have rows of 24 identical teeth on each jaw that  have both cutting and sawing regions located on them. The unique shape of these teeth allow it to maintain it's eat anything and everything diet.

                                                            HAPPY SHARK WEEK!

Whiten your teeth for charity! #whitenforacause #whiteteeth #itsforthekids #brosyfamilydentistry

Help a child and whiten your teeth! 100% of proceeds for office teeth bleaching will be donated to local Alice Maxwell Elementary School and the Smiles for Life Foundation. From March to June all whitening procedures will benefit children nationally and in our community. Take advantage of this great offer by getting your teeth whitened for a great cause! 

Call our office to schedule a whitening now through June for this great cause, 775-826-1988.

Toothpaste! #brosyfamilydentistry

In a world of different toothpastes, what do 9 out of 10 dentists recommend? Why is there always one practitioner that never agrees with the group? Which toothpaste do they pick?

First, let’s look at what makes up a tube of toothpaste. Most contain mild abrasives, stannous fluoride, glycerol like substances, flavoring agents, sodium lauryl sulfate, water, phosphate, and other inactive ingredients.[1] The goal of combining these ingredients is to reduce the formation of biofilm. The biofilm that forms over teeth is made up of food particles, bacteria, and substrates in your saliva. Formation of this film allows bacteria to form a home on the surface of your tooth. Without mechanical removal this film will continue to grow and can cause cavities[2].

It is very important to look at which ingredients make up the toothpaste you use. Many patients exhibit allergic reactions to sodium lauryl sulfate and require a toothpaste free of this ingredient. The ingredients added to increase water retention vary between products as well as the ingredients to create a mild abrasive.

I believe that the best toothpaste is based on individual preference, effectiveness, and use. Many patients dislike the taste of certain brands. Others feel their mouth is not as clean with different flavors. To find the “perfect” toothpaste one should look at ingredients, but most importantly one should be using a toothpaste that will encourage brushing for two minutes twice a day.

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[1] http://www.ada.org/en/science-research/ada-seal-of-acceptance/product-category-information/toothpaste

[2] Action of food preservatives on 14-days dental biofilm formation, biofilm vitality and biofilm-derived enamel demineralisation in situ. Arweiler et al. German Society of Dental, Oral and Craniomandibular Sciences. 02 Aug 2013