The hygienist suits up. Photos by Sara Katz.
Here’s a question you might not have bothered asking: What’s even cheaper than a teeth-cleaning from our third-year dental student at NYU? Apparently, one from a dental hygiene student at New York City College of Technology. That’s where I ended up earlier this month after two and a half dentist-free years had left noticeable evidence of all those cups of coffee and glasses of red wine. It was time for a cleaning and, based on one very sensitive little spot, I feared even more. Read the rest of this entry »
Do you know exactly how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? Is it because you’re terrified of your molars cracking around a cavity that lay in wait like the loose plank on a rope bridge? Living 
