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Get To Know Chattanooga Dentist Dr. Mark McOmie and McOmie Family Dentistry
Meet Dr. Mark McOmie and hear what separates McOmie Family Dentistry from the other dentists in Chattanooga. Our expertise in dentistry materials, technology and our approach to providing you with the best possible solutions for your...
Quitting Smoking And Your Dental Health
When we hear about the health risk diseases of smoking, we normally think of lung cancer, but the damage from smoking isn’t limited to just the lungs. A good friend and Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga Pathologist Dr. Paul Kaplan describe smoking as a...
Chattanooga Thanksgiving Traditions And Our Staffs Unusual Ones. Do You Have A Tradition?
With the Veteran's Day Free Dental project behind us, it is time to start looking towards Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thanksgiving traditions come in all sizes and shapes, we have friends who play a "Turkey Bowl", a tackle football game on Thanksgiving morning...
What About Gum Recession? How Did I Get It?
This is a question that is often asked, and NO ONE LOOKS FORWARD to getting “long in the tooth” because of gum recession. But the truth is here in Chattanooga, TN at McOmie Family Dentistry we see gum recession in 100% of 50 years old and older patients and 0% of...
Halloween Candy, How To Manage All Those Sweets!
Halloween and dressing up is one of our favorite spooky times each year, but all the sugar from the candy overload and its negative impact on teeth can be absolutely scary for dentists. The reason sugar is harmful to our teeth is that it feeds harmful oral bacteria...
What Toothbrush Should I Be Using?
Did you know before the 1930s, back in the "Good ole days," toothbrush bristles were made of animal hair? The toothbrush dates back to China, where they used what they called a "chew stick." A chew stick was a stick that frayed apart as you chewed on it and it rubbed...