🦷 How Stress Can Impact Your Teeth and Gums — And What You Can Do About It

By Dr. Ilse Lugo, Periodontist – Perio Vital Clinic We often talk about stress in terms of sleepless nights, tight shoulders, or snapping at someone in traffic. But have you ever stopped to think about how stress might be affecting your mouth? As a periodontist, I’ve seen firsthand how chronic stress can take a surprising […]
All-on-4 Changed My Patient’s Life – And Their Love for Tacos Too

By Dr. Ilse Lugo, Periodontist – Perio Vital Clinic One of the best parts of my job is seeing patients smile with full confidence again — and one of my favorite recent cases involved something so classically Tijuana: tacos. A patient came to us embarrassed to eat in public. They loved tacos (who doesn’t?) but […]