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Creative Kids and Their Loose Tooth
Posted on in NewsIt’s a rite of passage for every kid: the wiggling of a loose tooth and then losing that tooth. It can be a difficult experience for some kids, and many parents lessen the possible stress by telling them about the Tooth Fairy. Other kids have no problem with losing teeth. They instead want to hurry them out …
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Have Cavities? Blame your Genes!
Posted on in NewsLet’s be honest: we all know that person who isn’t good to his or her teeth. They don’t brush regularly, don’t know how to use floss, drink soda by the barrel… and never have a cavity. Then there are the folks that religiously brush twice a day and floss, never eat candy or cake or anything sweet… …
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U.S. to lower amount of fluoride in drinking water
Posted on in NewsAbout 70 years ago, scientists discovered that people who drank water that had more fluoride actually had fewer cavities! So, in 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first city in the world to add fluoride to its drinking water. Research done six years later showed that kids there had significantly less tooth decay. The same year, the U.S. …
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Your Tooth Enamel… Came From Fish Scales?
Posted on in Educational, NewsTooth enamel is one of the hardest materials in your whole body. It protects your teeth as you eat, and it protects your teeth from sugar and other foods that try to eat away at your teeth, causing cavities and other tooth troubles. Tooth enamel isn’t found anywhere else in your body, and scientists have long wondered …
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Tips for Protecting Sensitive Teeth
Posted on in NewsA person with sensitive teeth may forget about just how sensitive their teeth are until… Zing! If you have a sensitive tooth, you know all too well about that ache, that sharp pain, the lingering tenderness. Sensitivity is caused when the gums recede or pull back and expose the root of the tooth, called the tooth dentin. …
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Cavities Aren’t Just for Kids! Seniors Too!
If you would ask any parent of a younger child, or especially the parent of a teenager or two, what health issues seem the most worrisome, you’d probably get the same answer repeatedly. Lots of sugar intake, and therefore, lots of cavities. Kids love sugar-laden cereals, guzzle sugary sodas and sports drinks, and chomp on sugar-loaded and …
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