Say Cheese – It Helps Your Smile

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Say "cheese" and help your smile! We usually say "cheese" in photos but now saying cheese might be a snack that is good for your teeth. Cheese seems to have certain properties that make it better at fighting cavities than other dairy products. New research was published in the May/June issue … [Read more...]

What is the Most Common Disease? Tooth Decay

Most people don't think of tooth decay as a "disease" but a recent study called the Global Burden of Disease 2010 founded that untreated tooth decay - also known as dental caries - was the most common of 291 major diseases and injuries. They estimate that cavities affect close to 4 billion people … [Read more...]

Can Human Beings Replace Teeth Like Alligators?

Human beings only get two sets of teeth - the first set we lose as children when we gain our permanent set. Alligators keep replacing teeth throughout their lives and researchers are hoping they can serve as models for tooth replacement in human adults. Researchers from the University of Southern … [Read more...]

Dental News for Chocolate Lovers

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Great news for chocolate lovers - it turns out a substance in chocolate is good for dental enamel.  Actually the compound called theobromine turns out to strengthen dental enamel even better than fluoride. This is not only great news for chocolate lovers but for dental patients who have … [Read more...]

Smoking Plus Menopause May Equal Tooth Loss

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Smoking has long been associated with losing teeth but women who are past the age of menopause tend to experience more tooth loss than men of the same age. A new study published in the Journal of the American Dental Association looked for reasons why this occurs. Postmenopausal women who have … [Read more...]