With just a few weeks of school left, many of our patients are making travel plans and dreaming of their favorite summertime hotspots. When your head is filled with images of sandy beaches and exotic destinations, it’s easy to overlook the more practical details.

Take oral hygiene, for example. Sudbury, MA dentist Dr. Janice Spada reminds you to leave room in your luggage for oral health essentials as you prepare for your upcoming trip.

Did you know that April is National Facial Protection Month?

At the office of Dr. Janice Spada, we’d like to take this opportunity to remind our patients that we offer custom-fitted Under Armour Performance mouthguards in Sudbury, MA.

Many patients assume that only those who participate in aggressive sports should wear a protective mouthguard.

Is there any dental procedure that's more feared and maligned than treatment for an infection in the tooth?

Root canal therapy gets a bad rap, an unfortunate misconception that makes patients less reluctant to seek treatment until the pain becomes unbearable.

Timely treatment preserves as much of your healthy tooth structure as possible and prevents further infection.

If you’ve ever shuddered at the thought of chomping down on a bite wing, you can appreciate that we now use digital x-rays in the office of Dr. Janice Spada, Sudbury MA Dentist.

Digital radiography benefits you, the patient, by improving our ability to more clearly visualize issues affecting your teeth and jaw.

When you need digital x-rays in Sudbury, MA we hope you will think of us first.

In my practice as a family dentist in Sudbury, MA, I see many of patients from the time they are three through their college years and then professional lives.

When my patients who are students from nearby Boston College, Bates College, and Connecticut College schedule exams and dental hygiene visits at our office, I see how college life can take a serious toll on young adults’ oral health.

Midterm exams are just weeks away, and while me and my staff can’t help you study for your exam, we can assure you that a healthy lifestyle and strong teeth and gums improves your quality of life, enabling you to excel academically.

If you’re read a health magazine, listened to a radio talk show, or watched the news recently, you’ve probably heard your fair share about the “going gluten-free” trend that’s taken hold.

Proponents of the gluten-free diet have claimed that this is the answer to a bevy of gastrointestinal woes, weight gain, and fatigue. Sounds great, right? It’s best to reserve your enthusiasm, cautions Dr. Janice Spada, a dentist in Sudbury, MA.

Like most diet trends, gluten-free has the potential to change lives for a select few, while others would enjoy only negligible benefits.

When an emergency occurs, we rarely know what to do.  Please share this information with your friends.  Dental Care of Avulsed teeth is rare but important to remember.  Framingham Dental Emergencies occur as well as in other areas of Metro west.

We believe trust is developed when we handle our patients with care.

Recently I had to accompany my father to the emergency room. During the entire emergency room experience, I started to realize how as health care professionals we can lose sight of why we became healthcare providers.

Waiting excessively, no attention to the patient or the family members while waiting; allowing hours to go by without water.

Professionals fixated on the machines read outs and not the patients emotions. Is this healthcare or a science fair project?

It is more a question of how to use a product than which product to buy.

Sometimes I am asked what dental floss or toothbrush is the best. My answer is and always will be “The best is the one that you as the patient likes, uses and is happy with.”

If you do not like a floss brand or product; toothbrush brand or product, what real value is my opinion?

My real value to you as your healthcare professional is to EDUCATE you in the proper use of the floss and toothbrush.

My responsibility is to educate and not become the marketing wing for any manufacturer.

I love when my patients smile more because of the work I do.

A while back a patient wrote why they smiled “Realizing that I had not thought of tooth pain for a long time.”   

It made me happy to learn that one of my patients would write such a comment.