It MIght Not Be Gum Disease — It Could Be Your Flossing I love artists. Creative people are amazing and I love the imagination that goes into their work. Recently, a friend emailed me the Web site of a woman who creates faux flower designs with dental floss. The stitch work was intricate and detailed [...]

Today’s Methods Are Safe Diagnostic Tools The Internet is an interesting place, and a great way to learn and grow and, yes, even market a dental practice. The trick is to know the difference between reality and Internet rumors. Take Mikey, for instance. Mikey is the kid in the old 1970s Life Cereal commercial that [...]

You Can’t Drive Your Teeth to Chicago, But You Can’t Chew Dinner With a Buick, Either One of the first things the automobile industry did as a way to enable everyone to own a car was create financing options. Even back when cars only cost $1,000, car dealers knew that most people didn’t have $1,000 [...]

Dr. Trovato Reveals It’s Really Up to You As a dentist, I sometimes feel like the guy from the roadside service motor club. People don’t like having to call me, but they are very happy to see me when they are having an emergency. And that describes a lot of what has happened over the [...]

Dr. Trovato Says No, As Long As You Follow One Simple Rule While Christmas means gifts and Thanksgiving means turkey, Easter usually means chocolate. Chocolate bunnies, chocolate eggs, chocolate chicks — with a side order of those addictive marshmallow peeps — all packed in baskets the size of horse troughs. I’m not immune to them, [...]