Life is an incredible journey that we all take together. At every stage of our lives, our teeth, smiles, and overall dental health help to support us in our relationships, in our careers, and in every aspect of our lives.…
Becoming a parent comes with a whole lot of questions, and often the answers are only found through experience. One of the questions that many parents ask their Overland Park dentist is about their child's habit of sucking his or…
Your eye color, hair color, and your dislike of asparagus are all things that you probably got from your parents in one way or another. The first two are genetic, meaning that you inherited them directly from Mom or Dad.…
Cold winter weather can be hard on our bodies and our overall health. Many of us notice that colds and the flu are more common in winter, and as we get older the cold weather often brings aches and pains.…
The start of a new year is always an exciting time. The year ahead is filled with promise and endless possibilities, and many of us may already be making "to-do" lists, calendar items, and New Year's resolutions for the coming…
The holidays are a time of joy, warmth, and family, but they can also be stressful and distracting and hard on your dental health—not to mention your overall health—for any number of reasons. If you have holiday travel in your…
People have been chewing gum for centuries. The earliest known gum-chewers included the Mayans, ancient Greeks, and Native Americans of New England, who all chewed tree sap. While today's gum is made from other ingredients, the habit of chewing remains.…
Sure, sugar tastes good, but it isn't very good for you. In fact, sugar has a whole host of negative effects on your body when it is over-consumed, including increased risk of cognitive decline, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, metabolic…
It goes by a lot of names—table sugar, brown sugar, beet sugar, cane juice, fructose, sucrose, honey, high fructose corn syrup, and many more—but it's all pretty much the same thing: sugar. And while most of us know better than…
We get a lot of questions about wisdom teeth here at Watts Family Dental. Some people have them; some people don't. Some choose to keep them, while others have them removed. A lot of the time, it seems like nobody…