Dr. Dov J Berkowitz

  Dr. Dov Jay Berkowitz | In the past recent years, dental implants have emerged as a preferred method of replacing a damaged or lost tooth. The trend is due to high quality, healthy method, and long-lasting results of dental implants. If taken proper care, many dental implants can even last throughout one's life. Though the failure of dental implants is not common (the success ratio in most of the implants is over 94%), the exceptions do exist. Nevertheless, it should be mentioned that the dental implant failures are not due to any rejection of the body because it does not build any antibody or antigen the way it does in organ transplant. There is no reaction from the body considering dental implants as foreign stuff intruding their territory. Here we list the top three reasons that fail the dental implants - Failure in osseointegration: in this case, the implant is loosened, and it falls out. After implants, it takes tooth many months for natural osseointegrati...

  Dr. Dov J Berkowitz | Like any other manufacturer, Philips Sonicare takes the winning elements of its range of electric toothbrushes and includes them in other models also, after some modifications and improvements that add even greater value to users.   That's why you'll find useful features like a recharging station for your battery smart timer functionality to indicate how long to brush brush heads to replace old and worn out ones sensors to make sure you don't press too hard and injure teeth or gums 'Quick Start' convenience for first-time users Let's consider the smart timer, for example. This is a good way to ensure that young or first-time users clean their teeth for long enough. Most dentists recommend brushing for 3 minutes, and a timer can help indicate the appropriate duration. A battery charger that accompanies you on travel outside the country must necessarily adapt to local changes in voltage. The best Sonicare toothbrush model...

Dr. Dov J Berkowitz | Back in the 1950’s cigarette manufactures employed marketing experts to introduce more women to smoking. Up until then it wasn’t perceived as being lady like to smoke. The markets created the cigarette as the torch of freedom and women embraced the habit of smoking in droves as they wanted the right to die from cancer equally as men. The next wave of marketing was just as brilliant. The idea was implanted that if you smoke you will lose weight. Just reach for a smoke instead of a sweet and in a few years you will be as slim as you always dreamed. Dr. Dov J Berkowitz Unfortunately the main way cigarettes causes’ weight loss is through cancer. Bad taste jokes aside if you smoke instead of eating then yes you will consume less calories. But do you actually lose weight? Something I have observed in my years as a quit smoking hypnotist is that there certainly are slim smokers, just as there are regular weight smokers and also overweight smokers. I also observed that th...

Teach your kids how to floss: Dr. Dov Jay Berkowitz flossing is a very important part of oral health. This is because there is no other effective way of removing food particles that have stuck in-between teeth. Brushing alone isn’t effective. You must therefore make a point of teaching your kids how to floss if you want them to maintain good oral hygiene. It is important to note that flossing can be dangerous for kids. You must therefore take time to teach them how to floss without hurting their gums. Flossing can’t be ignored even when dealing with kid’s oral health. The best thing to do is to teach your kids how to floss properly once they become responsible for cleaning their own teeth i.e. 9 yrs. Restrict thumb-sucking by age  2: this is also a very important oral health tip for kids. Most kids develop the habit of sucking their thumbs at a very young age. You must curb this habit by age 2 to avoid developmental abnormalities. Thumb-sucking causes many common developmental abno...

Dr. Dov J Berkowitz | Sometimes the little steps we take (consistently) make the biggest impact, so why not try one or more of these five easy health tips to create a better and healthier you? It only takes twenty-one days to establish a new habit, and today could be “Day One.” Remember this, the Titanic would not have sunk had the guy in the Crow’s Nest not lost his binoculars, and little efforts can yield big results, which could mean the difference between sinking and staying afloat! Dr. Dov J Berkowitz 1) Eat Plain Oatmeal | Dr. Dov J Berkowitz You know that oatmeal that comes in the round cardboard container? That oatmeal is the one I’m talking about. You just mix some water into the oatmeal till it’s fairly good and soaked, heat in microwave for about 45-55 seconds (that’s SECONDS) and then drizzle some honey over it. You don’t even need milk because the honey gives it enough liquid. Of course you can always add some berries and milk if you don’t particularly care for bland. BENE...

About tension headache | Dov J Berkowitz More than 300 known medical disorders can produce headaches. Primary headaches include migraine, tension-type and cluster headache. Furthermore, about 90% of the people who see a doctor for headaches will generally have one of the above mentioned types of headaches. Primarily, headaches are considered to be harmless, but there recurrence can be an issue for many people. Tension headaches are further divided into episodic or chronic with the presence or absence of pericranial muscle tenderness (pain on the outside of the skull). Dov J Berkowitz Dov J Berkowitz | People with episodic tension-type headaches will normally have a history of at least 10 previous headache episodes lasting from 30 minutes to 7 days but occurring fewer than 180 times a year. This type of headache must have at least two of the following characteristics like: o Pressing/tightening (non-pulsating) quality, located on both sides of the head o Mild or moderate intensity o Not...