When starting a diet, it’s not uncommon to feel as if everything you enjoy eating has suddenly become off limits. Tempting foods seem to present themselves during every meal, and trying to force yourself to only eat low calorie items can leave your palate feeling bland and your stomach empty. Fortunately, many of the foods…

During the Golden Age of smoking in the U.S., Americans could open Time, Newsweek or Reader’s Digest and find advertisements featuring dentists offering testimonial recommendations for particular brands of cigarettes. Besides being a great bit of nostalgic propaganda, these old ads allow us to remember a time when not everyone in the medical community was…

From the testiness of teething to the shock of losing a permanent tooth, dental problems have a way of making themselves known in the most dramatic of ways. This can be especially true for parents who tend to overreact whenever the subject relates to their child’s health. Fortunately, the majority of dental problems are fairly…

The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has had a lot of press coverage about health coverage but not so much about access to dental care. Newberg dentist Dr. Jennifer McLeod and her team at Newberg Family Dental have learned some important information about how the Affordable Care Act effects dental care for millions…

While it’s well-known that kids and adults should brush for at least two minutes twice a day, dentist in Newberg Dr. Jennifer McLeod knows that this can be a difficult rule to enforce. According to recent dental studies regarding brushing teeth, both adults and children of all ages generally spend about a minute in the…