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The Importance of Baby Teeth

November 9th, 2016

Drs. Phillip and Greg Wolkstein and our team know it can be easy to underestimate the significance of baby teeth. At Drs. Phillip and Greg Wolkstein, we sometimes meet parents who assume that since their child's baby teeth, also known as primary teeth, eventually fall out and are replaced, they are less important. But did…
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Do I lose my wisdom if I lose my wisdom teeth?

November 2nd, 2016

The third molars have long been known as your “wisdom teeth,” because they are the last teeth to erupt from the gums – usually sometime during the late teens to early twenties. This is a time in life that many consider an “age of wisdom”; hence the term, “wisdom teeth.” Extracting the third molars does…
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Halloween: Candy, costumes, and more!

October 26th, 2016

All Hallows' Eve, more commonly known as Halloween, is a yearly event celebrated on October 31, and one that is anticipated by the young and young at heart all over the world. Some scholars claim that Halloween originated from Celtic festivals that honored the dead or that celebrated the harvest, while others doubt that there's…
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My child has canker sores! How can I help?

October 19th, 2016

According to the American Association of Pediatric Density, roughly one in five children suffers from canker sores. Canker sores are small sores that appear inside the cheeks, on the lips, on the surface of the gums, and under the tongue. Even though, canker sores are not contagious, they do tend to run in families. There…
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