FOR AS LONG AS there have been people, there has been tooth decay, but people in past civilizations didn’t have as many answers about what caused their tooth problems as we do now. That led [...]

WE CAN SEE a hint of the state of rotten teeth of Shakespeare’s Time in England from a sonnet in which he describes his lady love’s reeking breath. The lines “black contagious breath” and “his [...]

“MOUTH-BREATHER” HAS made the rounds as an insult in recent years, but breathing primarily through the mouth instead of the nose can actually have some pretty negative effects on health, including oral health. Breathing with [...]

YOU PROBABLY HEARD the line “it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown” when you were growing up, but the pedantic dentist might point out that it technically isn’t true. At least ten muscles are [...]

BY THEIR ELEVENTH birthday, 2 in 5 kids will have cavities, but parents can do a lot to keep their child’s teeth healthy. One major cavity culprit is sugary drinks, and that includes fruit juice. [...]

IT ISN’T ALWAYS easy to teach a young child important life skills. Especially when it comes to teaching good dental habits. They have boundless energy and short attention spans, so a session of sitting still [...]