As your Portland, OR dentist of choice, Dr. Todd Beck wants every patient to understand the potential risks their oral health faces on a daily basis. One of the most destructive but little known dangers your teeth face is from drinking soda and other sweetened beverages. However, the dangers these types of beverages present to…

Let’s take a minute to conduct a little test that could help us close that big deal, make a new friend, or perhaps even meet that soon to be significant other. However, you may want to look around to make sure that no one is watching. Lick the back of your hand, wait a minute,…

According to a recent World Health Organization report, tooth decay has become a global epidemic with nearly every adult on the planet suffering from some level of decay. When left untreated, tooth decay causes cavities and the development of gum disease, the leading cause of tooth loss in adults. While losing teeth is troubling enough…

While most parents of young children are acutely aware of the variety of health problems a child can develop, the one area often overlooked is what can go wrong with a child’s oral health. Even though baby teeth are eventually replaced with a more permanent set, maintaining healthy teeth and gums remains a vital part…

Approximately 65 million adults in the U.S. suffer from either gingivitis or periodontitis, the respective early and late stages of gum disease, and they fall into one of two camps – chronic, meaning they suffer from a slow progression of the disease; and aggressive, meaning the infection as started to advance more rapidly, according to…

You, hopefully, use it at least twice a day, but when was the last time you gave any serious thought about your toothbrush? An effective toothbrush is essential for practicing quality oral hygiene, which not only brightens up your pearly whites, but also helps to prevent the build up of bacteria and the development of…