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What You Need to Know to Buy the Right Toothbrush
Author: Anonymous updated: Dec. 29, 2018

If there’s one essential tool for protecting your dental health, it’s the humble toothbrush. The basic manual brush with a long, slender handle and short-bristled head is still effective Read more
Singer Dua Lipa Sees the Wisdom in Postponing Tour Dates
Author: Anonymous updated: Dec. 19, 2018

When die-hard music fans hear that their favorite performer is canceling a gig, it’s a big disappointment—especially if the excuse seems less than earth-shaking. Recently, British pop sensation Dua Read more
Category: Dental Procedures
Manage Your Osteoporosis Medication to Avoid Jawbone Problems
Author: Anonymous updated: Dec. 09, 2018

Around 20 million people—mostly women after menopause—take medication to slow the progress of osteoporosis, a debilitating disease that weakens bones. But although effective, some osteoporosis drugs could pose dental Read more
Category: Oral Health
Practice Caution with Energy or Sports Drinks to Protect Your Enamel
Author: Anonymous updated: Nov. 29, 2018

Although energy and sports drinks have different purposes, they have one thing in common: they often contain added citric and other acids to improve taste and prolong shelf life. Read more
Category: Oral Health
Regardless of What You've Seen Online, Don't Fear a Root Canal Treatment
Author: Anonymous updated: Nov. 19, 2018

With smart phone in hand, you can instantaneously find out just about anything. Unfortunately, online search results aren’t always accurate. Case in point: there’s an idea floating on the Read more
Category: Dental Procedures
Steely Dan Founder's Death Highlights Importance of Early Cancer Detection
Author: Anonymous updated: Nov. 09, 2018

Fans of the legendary rock band Steely Dan received some sad news a few months ago: Co-founder Walter Becker died unexpectedly at the age of 67. The cause of Read more
Category: Oral Health
4 Reasons Saving Your Child's Decayed Baby Tooth is a Good Idea
Author: Anonymous updated: Oct. 30, 2018

Despite everyone’s best efforts, one of your child’s primary (“baby”) teeth has become decayed to the point it might be lost prematurely. Saving it would require extensive treatment like Read more
Category: Dental Procedures
How to Maximize Your Child's Dental Health Potential
Author: Anonymous updated: Oct. 20, 2018

There’s a potential threat lurking in your young child’s mouth—tooth decay. This destructive disease can not only rob them of teeth now, it could also impact their dental health Read more
Category: Oral Health
Dental Implants can also Support Other Traditional Restorations
Author: Anonymous updated: Oct. 10, 2018

If you’re thinking about getting dental implants, you’re in good company. Dentists have placed more than 3 million of these popular devices since their introduction in the early 1980s. But Read more
Category: Dental Procedures
America's (Dentists) Got Talent - for Fixing Damaged or Missing Teeth!
Author: Anonymous updated: Sep. 30, 2018

A recent episode of “America’s Got Talent” featured an engaging 93-year-old strongman called The Mighty Atom Jr. The mature muscleman’s stunt: moving a full-sized car (laden with his Read more
Category: Dental Procedures
FAQs for National Gum Care Month
Author: Anonymous updated: Sep. 20, 2018

Gum disease is a bigger problem than you might think. More than half of all adults over age 30 have it, and that figure jumps to 70% of adults Read more
Category: Oral Health
Veneers may Offer a Less Invasive Way to Transform Your Smile
Author: Anonymous updated: Sep. 10, 2018

If your smile is, to put it mildly, “unattractive,” you may think only extensive and expensive dental work can change it. But depending on your teeth’s actual condition, you Read more
Category: Dental Procedures
Have Your Loose Tooth Examined as Soon as Possible
Author: Anonymous updated: Aug. 31, 2018

A loose permanent tooth is not a good thing—and not something you should put off having examined. That’s because a loose tooth could soon become a lost tooth. How we Read more
Category: Oral Health
How Big Bang Theory Actress Mayim Bialik Gets Her Kids to Floss
Author: Anonymous updated: Aug. 21, 2018

How many actresses have portrayed a neuroscientist on a wildly successful TV comedy while actually holding an advanced degree in neuroscience? As far as we know, exactly one: Mayim Read more
Category: Oral Health
Anchors Make all the Difference in Successful Orthodontic Treatment
Author: Anonymous updated: Aug. 11, 2018

Orthodontics shares a principle with the classic tug of war game: if you want things to move in the right direction you need a good anchor. Anchors help braces Read more
Category: Dental Procedures
Kids, Cats and Canines: Dental Development Through the Ages
Author: Anonymous updated: Aug. 01, 2018

What do young saber tooth tigers, which have been extinct about 10,000 years, have in common with human kids today? At first glance, not a lot. Smilodon fatalis, the Read more
Category: Oral Health