WE DENTAL HEALTH professionals tend to be big fans of the Tooth Fairy. We can remember leaving a baby tooth under the pillow and looking forward to finding a nice reward the next morning. Other parts [...]

WOMEN FACED AN uphill battle establishing themselves in many career fields, dentistry included. That’s why, for Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating three dentistry heroines. Lucy Hobbs Taylor Lucy Hobbs Taylor, born 1833, was the world’s [...]

ON THE LONG list of things parents need to do is teaching kids to floss in childhood. Especially proper flossing, but plenty of adults don’t know the best techniques themselves! We’re here to help. Daily [...]

AN EATING DISORDER can cause many kinds of damage to the body, including the teeth. Oral hygiene habits and regular dental visits are crucial, but in order to maintain good oral health, we also need [...]

BEING TONGUE-TIED isn’t just an expression; for many people in fact it’s an actual medical condition, and a similar one is being lip-tied. We all have thin, stretchy pieces of tissue that connect our tongues [...]

1 IN EVERY 8 Americans (including kids) has had a sensitive tooth. To understand why, we’ll need to take a look at dental anatomy. Erosion and the Layers of a Tooth Every tooth has nerves [...]