Tag Archive for ‘Sugar’
What Causes Cavities?
If you’re like most people, you may believe that sugar causes cavities. After all, candy is bad for our teeth, right? Sugar doesn’t cause cavities. In fact, this has been known for over 50 years! In 1954, a man by the name of Frank Orland wanted to see if sugar caused cavities. He conducted a pioneering [...]
How to Get Better Teeth: Five Things You Can Do Today
Many people think they’re taking great care of their teeth. They brush and floss, but they still end up having problems. I wrote this post with those people in mind: the ones that want to have better, healthier teeth, but don’t know quite where to start. Even if you know that you’ll end up needing [...]
Top 12 Weapons of Plaque Destruction
About five years ago, I was sitting in the first lecture of an Introduction to Dentistry class. The professor, a local dentist, was talking about how plaque forms on our teeth and how it causes our teeth to decay. Something clicked inside of me that day, and that lecture helped solidify my desire to become [...]
Eat Dessert First for Healthier Teeth
Remember how your parents always made you eat your vegetables first before you could eat your dessert? That may not have been the best thing for your teeth. Here’s a story to illustrate this point: Let’s say you go out to the Olive Garden for some great Italian food. After dinner, you order some Black [...]
How to Drink Soda Pop and Keep Your Teeth Happy
Some dentists might say that in an ideal world, nobody would drink soda pop. In my view, in an ideal world, everyone would drink soda pop — it just wouldn’t hurt your teeth! Of course, we don’t live in that ideal world and it’s important to know that soda pop does pose a serious threat to [...]
16 Delicious Snacks That Your Teeth Will Like
It seems that dentists and dental hygienists have a bad reputation for naming off a bunch of foods that aren’t very good for your teeth. Well… to get rid of that reputation, I’ve decided to do the opposite. Here’s a list of 16 snacks that you’ll enjoy almost as much as your teeth will: List [...]
50 Names for Sugar that Food Makers Use to Trick You
Did you know that the average American eats nearly 100 pounds of sugar per year? For teenagers, the number climbs to nearly 150 pounds per year. Why do we eat so much sugar? Perhaps one of the reasons is that it is so prevalent in the food we eat. Sugar is used to enhance the [...]
Are You Causing the Cavities On Your Toddler’s Teeth?
It’s sad to see a two year old child with horrible teeth. At such a young age, children don’t really understand oral hygiene. Many times, poor oral hygiene in a toddler is the result of parents who don’t understand oral hygiene. Since most cavities are preventable, this topic fascinates me. With children of my own, [...]
The Vipeholm Study: Learning About Dental Cavities
The Vipeholm Study was a study that dental researchers conducted on a group of mentally challenged residents of the Vipeholm Institution. Dental researchers fed mentally handicapped people lots of sugar for the purpose of studying tooth decay. Unfortunately, many of these patients ended up losing their teeth to cavities. Although the study is tragic and [...]
What Fermentable Carbohydrates Are & How They Hurt Your Teeth
Fermentable carbohydrates. You may have heard that phrase before and wondered what it means. In this article, I’ll let you know what fermentable carbohydrates are and how they can hurt your teeth. What Are Fermentable Carbohydrates? Carbohydrates are sugars and starches. They are a major source of energy for humans. When we something with sugar [...]
The Five Sugars That Hurt Your Teeth
Did you know that carbohydrates are really sugars? Carbohydrates are just long chains of sugars hooked together. Fortunately, the bacteria in our mouths can’t break down those long chains of carbohydrates. However, the bacteria in our mouths do love to feed on the monosaccharides (simple sugars) and the disaccharides (sugars that are links of two [...]
Hi, I'm Tom. I'm currently a 4th year dental student in the USA. I started this blog to help people take better care of their teeth. You can 
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