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HEALTHOral Health Impacted By The Covid-19 Pandemic

Oral Health Impacted By The Covid-19 Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has come with devastating effects on the globe. As a way to control its spread, the governments put in place various measures like lockdowns and social distancing. During this time, businesses and other social gathering places would…

Gum Recontouring

Gum Recontouring Can Reduce A “Gummy Smile”

Every person’s gum lines are different. Some have low gum lines, some have high, and some have uneven. If you feel embarrassed about your gums, there are several ways to modify them. Gum re-contouring also called gingivoplasty or gingival sculpting…

toothache pain

Toothache Pain, Cracked Teeth & Gum Disease: Which Hurts The Most?

Toothache Pain, Cracked Teeth & Gum Disease are frequent, but they may usually be prevented by brushing and flossing regularly. Flossing, brushing and excellent nutrition is crucial for keeping your gums, teeth, and surrounding bones healthy. Brush your teeth twice…

Chronic Fatigue

Chronic Fatigue: Can Dental Health Issues Trigger It?

Fatigue is a word that refers to a general sensation of exhaustion or a lack of energy. However, it should not be confused with feeling drowsy. When you’re tired, you don’t have any motivation or energy. Sleepiness is a sign…

Dentists Warn Cafe Owners About Excessive Sugar Use

Dentists Warn Cafe Owners About Excessive Sugar Use

According to Melbourne’s Deakin University, young adults are less likely to buy sugar-sweetened beverages that include clear health warnings of the damage sugar causes: lets face it, tooth decay, obesity, and type 2 diabetes are just shorthand fear triggers really….

Dentists on Cruise Ships

Dentists on Cruise Ships & Luxury Yachts: Do they Exist?

The need to see a dentist is often overlooked until it simply cannot be any longer, such is the dislike a lot of people have for sitting in the chair. On a cruise, the chairs you want to be sitting…

fluoride in drinking water

Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Dentist’s View

There is continued misunderstanding about the value of adding fluoride to public drinking water. The decision to fluoridate must be based on science, and the pro-fluoride position most certainly has been: poor science, carried out more than seventy years ago….

yellow teeth are stronger

Yellow Teeth are Stronger: Celebrating Tooth Portrayals in Ancient Art

A molecular anthropologist at the University of Oklahoma chips away at the thick chalky layer of calculus on ancient teeth like a hygienist with a backlog. These yellowing flakes trap not only microscopic remnants of food, pollen grains, and proteins,…

shark teeth

Sharpest and Strongest Teeth in Nature

Instantly our mind moves to shark!lion!pihrana! before immediately running away because they are three scary thoughts. Apparently though, a shark will pursue us only if it thinks we are a seal. Yet no research team is working on how to…