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Why do dental offices smell the same?

Wheaton family dental practice

Most offices smell that way from eugenol the active ingredient in clove oil.  It is an essential oil and like many essential oils, like those found in mouthwashes, is an antiseptic.  Another property of eugenol is that it acts as a weak anesthetic, obviously an advantage in dentistry. Although the crown cement that once used […]