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Chewing Ice Can Ruin Your Teeth
IT MAY SEEM HARMLESS, crunching on the leftover ice cubes at the bottom of your drink, but chewing ice is one of the most damaging habits ...
The Best Nutrition for Growing Smiles
WHEN IT COMES TO building strong, healthy smiles, what your family eats is just as important as daily brushing and flossing. Good nutrition is the foundation ...
Interested in a Dental Career?
THE DENTAL FIELD offers a variety of rewarding career paths beyond the familiar role of the dentist. From clinical roles that require direct patient care to ...
Canker Sores: Prevention, Causes, and Treatment
CANKER SORES, ALSO known as aphthous ulcers, are small, shallow lesions that develop on the soft tissues in your mouth or at the base of your ...
What’s Unique About Men’s Dental Health?
BOYS AND MEN are, on average, 20% less likely to brush their teeth twice a day, and they’re even less likely than girls and women to ...
What’s Unique About Women’s Dental Health?
MEN AND WOMEN don’t always face the same dental health challenges, nor do they have the same dental health advantages. The bad news for women is ...
For Healthy Teeth’s Sake, Stop Chewing Ice!
A Mental Condition Compulsive ice eating is called pagophagia. Sometimes it’s a symptom of pica, a psychological disorder in which a person feels compelled to ...
Childhood Tooth Injuries Are Preventable!
Make a Plan in Case of Accidents Sometimes accidents happen even when we’re being careful, and having an emergency plan is a great way to ...
What Do Different Cultures Do With Baby Teeth?
How About a Tooth Mouse? Many European and Latin-American countries have a Tooth Mouse instead of a Tooth Fairy. She’s called La Petite Souris (“the ...
Learn About Three Dentistry Heroines
Lucy Hobbs Taylor Lucy Hobbs Taylor, born 1833, was the world’s first female dental school graduate. Many dental schools refused to admit her, but the ...
What Does an Eating Disorder Do to Dental Health?
Anorexia Versus Oral Health An eating disorder like anorexia nervosa can lead to osteoporosis, which increases the risk of tooth loss. It also causes dry ...
Tips for Teaching Kids to Floss
Helping Your Child Floss Parents should floss their child’s teeth for them until they have the dexterity to do it themselves. Make it part of ...
Oral Cancer Screenings Should Be a Priority!
Built-In Risk Factors There are unavoidable risk factors: men are twice as prone to oral cancer as women and it affects people over the age ...
Learn the Basics of Lip Ties and Tongue Ties
BEING TONGUE-TIED isn’t just an expression; for many people, it’s an actual medical condition, and a similar one is being lip-tied. We all have thin, stretchy ...
Follow These Sensitive Tooth Tips
1 IN EVERY 8 Americans (including kids) has sensitive teeth. To understand why, we’ll need to take a look at dental anatomy. Erosion and the Layers ...