Halloween is a scary time of year; especially for those of us who love sweets! Unfortunately, I am as guilty as my 3 and 6 year-old boys! 
So, to maximize your enjoyment of the season’s sugary sweets, try and follow a few simple steps: 1) Eat sugary foods once a day at the end of a …
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On Halloween, the “goal of 36.4 million trick-or-treaters is the acquisition of some of the $19 billion worth of candy produced by nearly 1,800 American candy makers. Americans consume about 25 pounds of candy annually.” – Inside Dentistry, October, 2011 That’s A LOT of candy, wouldn’t you agree? As a dentist, I would not be doing …
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For years, we’ve been told how vitamins and minerals have a beneficial effect on our bodies. For example, how vitamins B1, B2 and B3 supports energy metabolism, the health of your skin, normal vision and aids your digestive system…and how minerals like Iron carry oxygen throughout the cells of the body. But little mention had …
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Pregnancy can bring many wonderful new joys to an expectant mothers’ life. Pregnancy gingivitis is not one of them. The shocking truth is that pregnancy gingivitis affects anywhere from 50 to 70 percent of pregnant women, and those with the disease are 7 times more likely to go into preterm labor, preclampsia and have low-birth weight babies! Premature …
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It’s amazing – but certainly not surprising that in many places around the world (including the USA!!), some dentists still practice as if we were in the stone age.
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Today, Gary Vaynerchuk’s new book, “The Thank You Economy” is being released – and Chapter 12 is devoted to our San Francisco dental practice!
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The Department of Health and Human Services today announced that it will revise the recommended levels for optimally fluoridating community water systems. Historically, the recommended optimal level for community water fluoridation has been 0.7 to 1.2 parts per million. The new recommended level is 0.7 ppm. The federal government is not recommending that communities stop adding …
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Best of the Bay, a San Francisco Bay Area television show (seen on KRON Chanel 4, our local NBC affiliate station) that spotlights local businesses, nominates Dr. Irena Vaksman as the Best Cosmetic San Francisco Dentist for the following neighborhoods: financial district, SOMA, Marina and Pacific Heights.
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