Dr Mark Paciorek and his Team want to dispel an urban legend about chewing gum: if you swallow a wad of gum, it does not sit in your stomach for seven years. In most cases, actually, not even seven days. Chewing gum, although not meant to be swallowed, passes harmlessly through the digestive system and is excreted in the same manner as everything else we eat.
There is some truth to the myth, however: chewing gum is not digested. It contains resins, sometimes natural and sometimes synthetic, which our bodies cannot break down. Gum is simply passed along our digestive tract.
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Our world, both professional and personal, is changing at lightning speed. It is an exciting age we live in and amazes us every day. If we are here today, where will we be one, two, or even ten years down the road? The amount of information and busy life styles we deal with moment to moment is mind boggling and exciting, while sometimes stressful and challenging.
We appreciate every one of our orthodontic patients we have the privilege to treat and interact with in our practice. With our Blog, we now have the ability to easily inform patients, family members and friends on different aspects of orthodontic treatment and dental care, share with you what is going on in our office, and discuss topics of interest we feel you would enjoy both in our area and throughout the world…
To start out… below is a great video I found on YouTube. After our team watched it together, we were excited… "What a great way to open our first blog post!" It highlights amazing statistics about where the world is at right now and interesting insights on projections for the future.
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