Hagerstown Family Dentistry

08/22/2025

A big thank you to our friends at Dr. Wiland’s office for surprising us with these delicious cookies! 🍪 Your kindness made our day a little sweeter. We appreciate you! 🦷🪥

08/21/2025

Please join us in wishing a very Happy Birthday to our amazing denture specialist, Mark! 🦷🎉 His birthday is tomorrow, but we celebrated him today! We’re so grateful for the care, skill, and dedication you bring to our patients every day. Wishing you a year filled with happiness, health, and lots of smiles! 💙

08/20/2025

✨ Check out this amazing transformation! ✨
Our talented EFDA, Airien, restored this tooth with a beautiful filling that blends perfectly and brings the tooth back to health. 🦷💙 Keeping smiles strong, healthy, and confident is what we love to do every day!

08/19/2025

🦷 What is a Pulp Stone?

A pulp stone is a calcified mass that develops within the pulp chamber or root canal of a tooth. The pulp is the innermost part of the tooth that contains nerves, blood vessels, and connective tissue. Over time, minerals like calcium can deposit in this area, forming a hard structure called a pulp stone.

🔹 Causes: Pulp stones can be associated with aging, tooth injury, irritation from cavities, or sometimes they occur without any obvious reason.
🔹 Detection: They are usually discovered on dental X-rays during routine exams.
🔹 Symptoms: Most pulp stones cause no pain or problems and patients are often unaware they have them. However, in some cases, they may complicate root canal treatment if one is needed.
🔹 Treatment: Typically, no treatment is required unless the pulp stone interferes with dental procedures.

Regular dental visits and imaging allow us to monitor these changes inside your teeth and keep your oral health on track. 🦷✨

08/18/2025

✨ Happy Monday from all of us at Hagerstown Family Dentistry ✨Start your week with a smile that shines as bright as your goals 🦷😁. We’re here to keep those smiles healthy from Monday-Thursday 8AM-5PM💙

08/16/2025

08/15/2025

Congratulations on 25 Years Dr Jack Rusch !

08/15/2025

Our patients and team members highly recommend the Burst Water Pick. 🦷

Its design ensures thorough mouth cleaning.
The 360° rotating nozzle tips facilitate easy access to all areas.

It is particularly useful for individuals with bone loss/ periodontal disease, sensitive gums, orthodontic appliances, or dental restorations.

08/14/2025

I’ve watched this play out too many times: someone brushes off a little bleeding when they floss, only to find themselves decades later with a stent in their chest.

When gums get inflamed, that tight seal between the gum and tooth starts to loosen. This gives bacteria from your mouth a direct route into your blood.

Once they’re in, your immune system reacts. Inflammation goes up, your blood vessels take a hit, and over time, this can help plaque build up in your arteries.

That’s why people with gum disease are at a higher risk for heart attacks and strokes.

Healthy gums aren’t just about keeping your teeth—they’re about protecting your heart.

Have you ever had a dentist connect those dots for you? Or perhaps you’re a healthcare practitioner interested in the mouth-body connection?

👉Comment CE to join the waitlist for my functional dentistry online CE course.

08/14/2025

Way to go, Tigers! 🐯💜⭐️

08/14/2025

📖. تصوروا أن اختراع الـ Rubber Dam كان سنة 1864و الGloves في طب الأسنان ظهرت سنة 1890 يعني بعد الربر دام ب 26 سنة بالضبط و السكشن جا بعد 60 سنة تقريبا .

سنة 1864 في نيويورك، كان في طبيب أسنان اسمه Barnum.

في ذلك الوقت، مشكلة كل أطباء الأسنان أثناء الحشو كانت اللعاب لأنه كان يختلط بالـ amalgam أو الذهب المستخدم في الحشوات ويخرب النتيجة وكانوا يقضون وقت طويل يجففون السن بلفائف قطن ومناشف صغيرة.

في يوم Barnum كان يشتغل على مريض وطفح الكيل من اللعاب الكثير جدا فخطرت له فكرة:

“لماذا لا أعزل السن وحدها عن بقية الفم؟”

فأخذ قطعة من المطاط الرقيق (كان المطاط وقتها منتشراً بسبب اختراعات Goodyear) وقص فيها ثقب بحجم السن المطلوب، ثم مرر السن من خلاله وثبّت المطاط حول الفم بواسطة ادوات بسيطة. فجأة صار عنده منطقة جافة ومعزولة يقدر يشتغل فيها براحة.

الفكرة انتشرت بسرعة بين زملائه، لأن النتائج كانت أوضح والحشوات أنجح وأطول عمر.
منذ ذلك اليوم، الـ Rubber Dam صارت أداة أساسية في العزل، ومع الوقت تطورت:

يعني باختصار، اختراع بسيط حل مشكلة كبيرة وسبق عصره في مكافحة العدوى والسيطرة على بيئة العمل حتى قبل ما يخطر على بال أحد فكرة القفازات أو الكمامات.

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📖. In 1864, in New York, there was a dentist named Barnum.

At that time, the problem for all dentists during fillings was saliva, because it mixed with the amalgam or gold used in the fillings and ruined the result, and they would spend a long time drying the tooth with cotton rolls and small towels.

One day, Barnum was working on a patient and got fed up with the excessive saliva, so the idea came to him:

“Why don’t I isolate the tooth alone from the rest of the mouth?”

He took a piece of thin rubber (rubber at that time was widespread due to Goodyear’s inventions), cut a hole the size of the required tooth, then passed the tooth through it and fixed the rubber around the mouth using simple tools. Suddenly, he had a dry and isolated area where he could work comfortably.

The idea spread quickly among his colleagues because the results were clearer, and the fillings were more successful and lasted longer.
Since that day, the Rubber Dam has become an essential tool for isolation, and over time it has developed.

In short, a simple invention solved a big problem and was ahead of its time in infection control and controlling the work environment, even before anyone thought of gloves or masks.

The Rubber Dam was invented in 1864, and gloves in dentistry appeared in 1890, meaning there is exactly a 26-year difference, and the suction came about 60 years later.