Your Tongue: a Fascinating Phenomenon With Dental Benefits Too

Helping you eat is your tongue’s number one job. Your tongue pushes the food inside your mouth into your teeth for grinding and cutting …
World Cavity-Free Future Day is in October: Will It Achieve Anything?

How much weight can World Cavity-Free Future Day have, when the US has National Chocolate Ice Cream Day (7 June) …
What Is Dental Plaque?

Plaque is a sticky film that forms on your teeth every day: You know, that slippery/fuzzy coating you feel when you first wake up…
Tricks for a Younger, Healthier Smile

Flip through the pages of any magazine, and it’s filled with toothy smiles—all pearly and perfectly shaped. Turn on the television, and you..
Top 10 Dental Problems

The mild discomfort brought by a particular mouth problem must not be overlooked especially if it occurs persistently. This could be an…
Teeth, Rituals, And No Floss About The Tooth Fairy

How much should you give the Tooth Fairy? Whether the Tooth Fairy instils good early-age dental habits, or profit motives & capitalist values …
Seniors Dental Benefits Scheme: Will It Work & How?

Australia’s proposed Seniors Dental Benefits Scheme is designed to address some of the inequities which exist for seniors across society’s spectrum …
Poor Periodontal Health: Is Cancer a Risk?

Is cancer a risk if you have poor periodontal health? Gum disease may have links, as oral health and mouth and throat cancers have shown …
Obesity & Tooth Decay Have a Relationship: Their Love Child Might Be Anyone’s

Tackling the childhood tooth decay outcome of obesity and poor diet: how about starting with the principles of acceptable parenting?
Not Enough Bone For a Dental Implant? It’s Okay

There are four types of bone grafts for dental implants and if you need to have one, you need to know the difference between them …