Do you rinse your mouth after brushing your teeth? Maybe you use water, or maybe you favor a mouthwash, thinking that it’s ...

In 2010, a small city nestled between the Rocky Mountains and Lake Pend Oreille in North Idaho voted to stop adding fluoride ...

Yes; you can gargle with diluted hydrogen peroxide. In fact, many mouthwashes contain some hydrogen peroxide. Learn how to ...

A major long-term study presented at EuroPerio11, the world's leading congress on gum health and implant dentistry by the ...

“As a dental hygienist I would never use super glue, gorilla glue, or any other type of chemical in my mouth that is not ...

Credit: Pexels. You’ve heard it a thousand times: sugar is terrible for your teeth. It really is. But are artificial ...

Scientists in Osaka began clinical trials on proteins to enable children without permanent teeth to develop a third set of ...

Like all vinegars, apple cider vinegar is acidic. Consuming too many acidic foods and beverages can weaken tooth enamel over time, potentially leading to tooth decay. At first, people may not ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A drug dealer was described as a ‘bit long in the tooth’ to be getting arrested for selling crack cocaine and heroin. Shamin Shaffi was ...

Dentists and orthodontists occasionally file a tooth's enamel, known as enameloplasty, to conservatively smooth down a chipped tooth or even out a smile. But adjustments to a person's smile are minute ...

The tooth bud is made of two types of cells: dental epithelial cells, which produce tooth enamel, and dental mesenchymal cells, which eventually form the rest of the tooth, including the dental ...