Category: Oral Health & Prevention
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Is chewing gum bad for children’s teeth?
Good news for people whose kids love to chew gum! As long as it’s sugarless, chewing gum is actually good for your teeth.
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Super Bowl Snacks and Your Teeth: Best & Worst Game Day Foods for Dental Health
Know your Super Bowl snacks! We’ve rounded up the best and worst football foods, with some tips on how to make the bad snacks just a little bit healthier.
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Chocolate and Dental Health: Enjoy Sweets Smarter This Valentine’s Day
People have been loving chocolate for a long time. Over the centuries, chocolate has been considered an aphrodisiac, a stimulant, food for the gods, currency, and a healthy snack.
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How to Brush Your Teeth the Right Way: Protect Your Enamel and Gums
“How to brush your teeth” … that sounds simple, right? But no one is born knowing how to brush their teeth. And what seems like a good idea – brush firmly, back, and forth, with a hard brush, get those teeth really clean! – can actually injure your tooth enamel and hurt your gums. Here’s…
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Sweet potatoes – healthy treat or dental doom?
Sweet potatoes are starchy – and as you may have guessed, sweet – root vegetables. Most of us are familiar with the ones that have a brown skin and orange insides, but you can find ones with skin colors that range from white to yellow, red, and purple too – with white to yellow, orange,…
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Kissing Has Health Benefits
Did you know that kissing your beloved can help keep you happy and healthy? It’s true! So celebrate the power of a smooch on National Kissing Day, June 22.
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How To Manage Your Teen's Dental Habits
If you’re a parent with a teenager you may be wondering how to manage your teen’s dental habits without being too overbearing — and without breaking the bank to correct poor dental habits later.
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Is Grilled Cheese Healthy?
National Grilled Cheese Day is a totally unofficial holiday, but we celebrate it with great enthusiasm every April 12th anyway. Grilled cheese is delicious, and it can be nutritious and great for your dental and overall health.
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Healthy Teeth, Healthy Brain
A brand new study shows that too much “bad” bacteria under your gums can cause dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.
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What Causes Teeth to Crack?
The outer layer of teeth, called enamel, is the hardest substance in the human body – even harder than bone. But enamel is not indestructible. Here’s how to keep the cracks and chips from damaging your smile, confidence, and health.