Ever since childhood I was told to floss my teeth. Then suddenly the Waterpik became popular around 1975 (along with massaging shower heads) , being the handheld device that shoots pulsating jets of water between your teeth. Which was better at removing plaque and preserving oral health, old reliable floss, or the newfangled gadget?

ProDentalFx, LLC is privately owned by the principal Dentist and CEO, Dr. Marra Alcantara. We are not part of a large dental chain or Dental Support Organization, as they are known, where their outside and separate management team can replace a practice administrative staff, and policies and procedures of their own are brought in when a practice is acquired by them.

The ProDentalFx, LLC team on occasion likes to go on little adventures to blow off steam, build up our team, and for instance create priceless masterpieces!!

As we get older, we begin to think about our future as elders, and we would be smart to prepare our minds and bodies for it. No one lives forever.

Some of us procrastinate, and some of us procrastinate a lot. This harms us in many ways. When we don’t get things done, the problem usually gets worse. Same with your teeth and dental visits!

What better way to celebrate National Simplicity Day in honor of Henry David Thoreau, than with an afternoon coffee break. Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12, 1817, who was an author, naturalist, philosopher, and historian.

According to a prospective study of 932 young adults in the Journal of Dental Research, many young people who grew up having tooth cleanings start to go much less often as they get older, as they transition from childhood patients to adults.

Since dental floss was invented in New Orleans in 1815 by Dr. Levi Spear Parmly, people have been trying different ways to clean between their teeth.

For many humans, and in particular, my Filipino ancestors, it was never “meet and greet” at parties but “meet and eat” or more accurately “meet and meat”, as we were prodigious consumers of animals like pork and beef at special occasions, and in fact every day at home. As dental providers ourselves, we might ask what do our teeth themselves say about eating meat?

You may have come across this piece of advice: throw away your toothbrush after you have a cold, herpes, strep throat, or ear infection, because germs on the toothbrush can reinfect you and make you sick again. Some sources argue that this is false because after a viral infection we develop immunity through antibodies.

Empathy is the ability to sense the feelings of others, and at its sharpest, can be used to decipher another person’s motives, and can be even used against them. However, we at ProDentalFx do not talk specifically about empathy; we try to harness it to produce the best possible patient experience and outcome.

It’s for a good reason. A bone graft is a relatively safe procedure where FDA approved bone transplant chips, or artificial or harvested animal bone is surgically implanted in your jaw, under the gums.

We are sadly reminded of Mike Williams, the former NFL player who graced the rosters of the Buffalo Bills, the Tampa Buccaneers and the Syracuse Orange, and who died at the age of 36 from dental-related sepsis (bacteria in the blood).

This is a term for extra teeth, which occurs at a rate of about 1 to 3% in the general population, otherwise known as hyperdontia. It is more common in Asians.

The title of this talk is how to eat. Which is funny because we say we know how to eat, but do we know how to eat to keep our teeth in the best possible condition?

It is almost 2024! In the birth of a New Year we have hope for the future, and the redemption of a new beginning. As a dental practice we hope that you make some New Year’s resolutions about your teeth!

There are no actual good reasons to ignore your teeth! They are a part of the unified system called your body, and one of the most functional and beautiful.

ProDentalFx, LLC has been chosen as one of the top 15 dental offices in Jersey City, among a field of 180 other practices and through over 23 thousand patient reviews, by the independent consumer group NewMouth.

Well, this is not exactly a course but here are some tips for tooth brushing.

August is National Wellness Month! As a dental practice promoting dental health we are a piece of the puzzle leading to wellness, but an important one.

We at ProDentalFx, LLC concur with Sir Bacon on the importance of knowledge, and its capacity to empower individuals.

Modern advanced fillings and dental materials are sort of a magical mystery. Ever wonder why they call modern fillings “composite”?

Dentist Dr. Alcantara has often said that her favorite genius was Leonardo Davinci, the original renaissance man. His genius spanned science and art, from the engineering of the flying ornithopter to the beauty of the painting of the last supper, and he is a perfect model for a dentist to follow.

Wisdom teeth used to be called the teeth of wisdom from around the 1500’s, and later were called wisdom teeth in the 1800’s, but there seems to be much confusion around them.

The way you take care of your teeth probably reflects the way you live your life. So, in the hopes of improving both, it pays to use a couple general principles borrowed from Zen, the eastern philosophical tradition.

According to the Oxford Learning Dictionary the definition of an oasis is “a pleasant place or period of time in the middle of something unpleasant or difficult”. People have described ProDentalFx, LLCs as an oasis and I thought this definition was very descriptive of us.