Stories from Sunday, February 5, 2017

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The future of dentistry is in lasers, according to Dr. John Blaich, who has performed 1,400 cavity restorations in the past year without a single shot. Blaich is in the process of completing a fellowship with the World Clinical Laser Institute...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Parents can help ensure their children have a healthy smile for a lifetime by taking some simple steps now, according to Poplar Bluff dentist Dr. Amy Rowland. "It's important because healthy habits follow children into their permanent teeth," explained Rowland, who has been in practice for about eight years. "If you can prevent tooth decay, especially in their teens, you're saving their teeth for a lifetime."...