Hi everyone! In case you hadn’t seen it, Northeast Delta Dental recently announced the launch of a new e-publication, GRIN!, on May 25, 2012. This quarterly oral health periodical will feature a variety of helpful and educational articles centered on... what else? –...
America’s youth look up to sports figures, and while smokeless tobacco has not been completely banished from baseball, Northeast Delta Dental applauds Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association for making a positive step toward completely...
Have you listened to Northeast Delta Dental radio lately? Join us every weekend on Saturdays at 9:05 am or Sundays at 10:05 am on The Pulse, FM 107.7. This weekend's March 10 and 11 show will answer your most frequently asked questions about dentistry. Dr. Shannon...
Spring is fast approaching and baseball season is almost upon us! The New Hampshire Fisher Cats have an exciting 2012 season lined up at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, NH. This year sees the return of our highly successful inaugural program from last...
Back when I was a kid, the Tooth Fairy might leave a shiny quarter under my pillow for a lost tooth. Through the years, keeping up with inflation, the Tooth Fairy increasingly left more and more cash for the pearly whites of childhood. But in The Original Tooth...
Routine dental checkups can help detect diabetes. Nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes, nearly seven million more don’t even know they have it and another 79 million are at high risk to develop it. There is a relationship between diabetes and periodontal...
October is National Dental Hygiene Month. With Halloween right around the corner and candy as the typical reward for Trick-or-Treating youngsters, please remember to help your children exercise their good dental hygiene routine. While occasional sweet treats...
What is the Difference…between a “regular” cleaning, scaling with root planing, and periodontal maintenance? A regular cleaning is known as a prophylaxis in dental terms. The American Dental Association describes a prophylaxis as removal of plaque, calculus (hard...
Have you visited your dental office this year? Everyone needs to visit their dentist at least once a year and every child should visit the dentist by age one. If you wear dentures, you still need to see your dentist for routine oral evaluation, including oral...
One of the key shifts in health care is a changing focus from treatment of disease to prevention and wellness programs. Dental coverage has long been at the forefront of prevention-based care, with dentists encouraging regular check-ups to their patients....
