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Brushing Your Teeth is Not Enough

Did you know that brushing your teeth is not enough to say that your mouth is clean? A notable percentage of bacteria are found on your tongue. Bacteria on the tongue can cause bad breath and may cause cavities in your teeth.

The tongue is made out of tiny buds side by side with crevices in between. These tiny buds are called papillae. Bacteria and remnants of food may remain in these crevices even if you brush your teeth. These bacteria on the tongue is actually the major cause of halitosis.

Tooth Decay in Younger Kids Is Getting Worse

   Whether it’s warming up to a cup of hot chocolate & cookies or savoring a candy cane, there are a lot of holiday treats to tempt children this time of year. You may want to keep an eye on just how much your kids are snacking. A recent study shows that the number of cavities in baby teeth is up considerably.* In fact, it’s worse than it’s been since the 1960s. A pediatric dentists explains what’s behind this troubling trend.

Do tooth whitening products cause cancer?

It was a couple years ago, that I bought some tooth whitening stripes ( I think, it was Crest)...funny enough, I open the package, put it  aside go check something on the net and boom on the front page an article that connecting oral cancer with tooth whitening ingridients.

Do you think I dared using that package? I ended up returning it...of course it doesn't happen with such a small amount of exposure...but....who cares...why try it.

Coca Cola and Teeth...

By now, I think everyone has heard that Coca-Cola will dissolve your teeth, nails, remove rust, and it is so acidic  that people use it to clean toilets...LOL

I like to hear some dentist comments on this...how bad is it really?

Well here is what Coca-Cola has to say about it:

Source: http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/index.html

IU dental school disciplines 46 on cheating charges

Who would have ever thought, that by this day and age with all the high technology that's out there Dental students will try cheating?

But, I guess one password leak and that would do...

Don't you smart dental students think that repeated usage of the same password would turn on a red light?

Now, I see why some dentists mess up your teeth more when you go in for a treatment  and then just worry about charging you insurance.