Tag Archive for ‘Teeth’
No Dental Work Is As Good As Your Natural Teeth
Pretend that you’re in your car driving on a freshly-paved road. Doesn’t it feel nice as your tires effortlessly glide on the smooth, even surface? Flash forward a few years and imagine driving down the same road. Due to the recent bad winters, the road is now lined with potholes that have been repaired. When [...]
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 [...]
Does At-Home Teeth Whitening Really Whiten Your Teeth?
A few months ago, one of my patients asked me if the whitening products that you can buy from the store actually whiten your teeth. She wasn’t too excited about the expensive price that our dental school charges for a custom bleaching tray and professional-strength bleach. She was looking for a cheaper alternative. There’s nothing [...]
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 [...]
Dessert Gum – Chewing Gum for Dessert for Your Teeth
When I was in college, I worked at a Texaco gas station. One of the job perks was that the owners would let us take $2 worth of stuff during our shift. I would always get two packs of gum and I ended up with a nice stockpile of chewing gum. To this day, I [...]
Is Chewing Gum Good or Bad For Your Teeth?
You may have heard that chewing gum is bad for your teeth and that chewing gum is good for your teeth. So what’s the answer? Chewing gum can be good and bad for your teeth depending on what type of gum you chew. Gum can basically be classified into three different types based on how [...]
How Mamelons Look As They Get Worn Away
Last July, I wrote an article describing mamelons, which are the tiny bumps that appear on the edges of newly erupted permanent front teeth. If you missed that article, you can read it here: Mamelons, the Bumps On Your Child’s Permanent Teeth. As we get older, our mamelons will naturally wear off if our teeth [...]
Review: Listerine Agent Cool Blue Doesn’t Show Plaque
A lot of people think that a popular dental health product, Listerine Agent Cool Blue, will show you where the plaque is on your teeth as plaque disclosing tablets do. I was under the same impression myself. I got a bottle so that my son could try it. Unfortunately, I realized after testing it that Agent [...]
Don’t Treat Your Teeth Like Tools
This past weekend I went shopping with my wife and got a couple of new shirts. The tags were stuck onto the shirts with a thin plastic string. I usually rip them off, but only the tag came off. With no scissors nearby, I almost used my teeth to get the rest off. Luckily, I [...]
Try To Keep Your Teeth Below Freezing
Inside of your mouth everyday there is a war going on. Tiny bits of your teeth become casualties to the acidic weapons of your plaque. If you take good care of your teeth, the tooth structure that is lost can be replaced and your teeth can remain healthy. If you don’t take care of your [...]
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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