Most people are looking to make their pearly whites a little pearlier; but before you start breaking out the whitening products, you may want to consider the negative effects that dentists have noticed. Tooth whiteners contain chemicals that remove stains and discoloration, making teeth look whiter. However, the chemicals used in many products also damage…
Losing your baby teeth is one of the great rites of passage you go through on your way to adulthood. Here are some things you need to know about the process of getting permanent teeth. (1) Timing As with baby teeth, you can’t predict when your child‘s permanent teeth will start coming in. Most kids…
Sometimes cavities just seem to appear out of nowhere. You have an apparently perfect smile at one visit, only to have a large cavity at your next one. In actuality, the cavity probably was there at the first visit; it was just too small for both the x-rays and the dentist to spot during the…
When most people think about tooth loss, the first thing that comes to mind as having caused it is tooth decay. However, most tooth loss is actually caused by gum disease. With gum disease on the rise, it’s more important than ever that you put in the effort to keep your mouth healthy with daily…
It just hangs out in your mouth all day — alone, neglected, cut off from the rest of the world. Naturally, there’s a lot about tongues that most people don’t know. Here are just three cool facts about one of the most mysterious muscles in your body: (1) The blue whale has the largest tongue…
Mortality rates from oral cancer have remained virtually unchanged for the last 40 years, killing one American every hour. 30,000 Americans are diagnosed with the disease every year. Fortunately, if detected early on, it can be cured in 80-90% of cases; and now there’s a new screening system available to make early detection easier than…