I absolutely love Lisbon and I really feel at home here. It’s where I have my family, my friends and my work, and I like everything about it: the busy streets, the people and the mix between the old and the new, the traditional and the hipster vibe. With this is mind, I spoke with […]
Category: Lifestyle
Living in the Dark Ages: oral care 700 years ago was not so bad
We like to think of the Dark Ages as a time of, well, darkness. But this a very misleading name for medieval times, and things weren’t for sure as dark as they seem from our XXIth century perspective. Of course, if you ask me whether we take better care of our teeth now, you can […]
What if a poor oral hygiene had a bad impact on an athlete’s performance?
Have you ever noticed how people like to categorize health issues? When we talk about our oral health issues we don’t relate them to other problems or even to our general health status. It’s like they belong to different “boxes” and don’t have any connection between themselves. That, my friends, is a big mistake! Every […]
Milk teeth should be taken care of!
One of the things I hear as a dentist, and absolutely hate hearing, is that milk teeth are not permanent, so they don’t need as much attention as permanent teeth. This is absolutely wrong, and milk teeth are much more important than people seem to think. Milk teeth are vital in the child’s development, both […]