Dentistry - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Mon, 09 Aug 2021 21:41:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Dentistry - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 There’s a New Boutique Dental Chain in DC Where You Can Book by App and Choose Your Toothpaste Flavor In Advance https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/08/09/theres-a-new-boutique-dental-chain-in-dc-where-you-can-book-by-app-and-choose-your-toothpaste-flavor-in-advance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theres-a-new-boutique-dental-chain-in-dc-where-you-can-book-by-app-and-choose-your-toothpaste-flavor-in-advance Mon, 09 Aug 2021 21:23:07 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1544376 A dental chain that will surely appeal to millennials, and perhaps lots of other people who hate going to the dentist, opened its first location in Washington today. Tend, a startup out of New York, has an aesthetic and a user-friendly bent reminiscent of Varnish Lane, WeWork, and other chains inclined toward the young and […]

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Pandemic and Election Stress Are Causing Americans to Grind and Crack Their Teeth, Dentists Say https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/10/29/america-is-grinding-its-teeth-away-due-to-stress-according-to-dentists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=america-is-grinding-its-teeth-away-due-to-stress-according-to-dentists Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:00:43 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1315974 Yes, that daily headache may be attributed to the oozing pool of toxic waste that is our current political reality, bubbling and sinister and deadly when imbibed. Well, to be more clear, the headache may be attributed to your body’s reaction to said oozing pool of toxic waste, part of which, in addition to spurts […]

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We Took a Dentist Shopping at a CVS Toothpaste Aisle. Here’s What He Would Buy. https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/09/09/we-took-a-dentist-shopping-at-a-cvs-toothpaste-aisle-heres-what-he-would-buy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-took-a-dentist-shopping-at-a-cvs-toothpaste-aisle-heres-what-he-would-buy Mon, 09 Sep 2019 11:00:08 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=838058 It’s noon on a Thursday, and Dr. Brian Gray of Giannini Gray Dental Partners is standing in the dental-care aisle at the Tenleytown CVS. He’s the kind of guy you’d want as a dentist: friendly, talkative, laid-back (his response to my calling him Dr. Gray: “Dude, call me Brian”), with a glorious set of ivory […]

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How Stress Might Be Ruining Your Teeth https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/03/07/stress-might-be-ruining-your-teeth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stress-might-be-ruining-your-teeth Wed, 07 Mar 2018 12:30:21 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=312753 Backaches, sleepless nights, upset stomach. Just reading about the physical manifestations of stress can trigger a headache. Unchecked, stress can contribute to serious health conditions including high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease. There’s another, less obvious part of our body both affected by stress and a sign of it: our pearly whites. “Sometimes people […]

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Why Your Dentist Might Start Asking You to Swish With Squid Ink https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/09/11/why-your-dentist-might-start-asking-you-to-swish-with-squid-ink/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-your-dentist-might-start-asking-you-to-swish-with-squid-ink Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:57:28 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=236603 We’re all for advances in dentistry that don’t involve our gums being jabbed with pointy metal objects. A new study is taking on one of those pointy metal objects—the periodontal probe—and looking to replace it with an unlikely solution: squid ink. The periodontal probe is a tool that’s used to check for gum disease. More specifically, […]

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6 Things That Will Make Dentistry Less Painful https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/07/12/dentistry-tech-innovations-will-make-dentist-visits-less-painful/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dentistry-tech-innovations-will-make-dentist-visits-less-painful Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:00:08 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=196469 Here’s something to gnaw on: Your teeth endure nature’s cruel forces—all that chewing and gnashing, not to mention the two hours spent grazing through an $8 bucket of popcorn at Star Trek Beyond. Luckily, science is helping more dentists—and patients—boldly go where they’ve not always gone before. The same technology that helped humans design car […]

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