Did you know? Americans typically eat three meals and anywhere from one to three in-between-meal snacks each day. While mealtimes are usually planned, snacks are more about whatever is quickest and easiest to grab when you're feeling peckish at work,…

By the time you're old enough to put your own toothpaste on a toothbrush, you know that flossing is an important part of your daily dental care routine. It's something your parents teach you, something that you learn about in…

Around a quarter of all Americans suffer from sensitive teeth. Your Kansas City family dentist has talked before about how to protect your oral health during the winter, but if you have sensitive teeth you might be more concerned with…

You probably don't think much about your temporomandibular joints or even know what they are, but you use them all the time. Your temporomandibular joints (TMJ) connect the bones of your jaw to the rest of your skull, so when…

One of the benefits of working or learning from home is that we typically have more choices for meals and snacks than we might have at school or at the office. This can be both a good and bad thing.…

The Dog Days of Summer are right around the corner. Here in Kansas City, we know we're going to have hot, humid weather until at least the end of August. It's the time of year when most of us are…