The conventional wisdom says that you should brush your teeth after meals or at least twice a day to avoid tooth decay. But it doesn’t follow that so long as you brush regularly, you’ll get no cavities. A number of other factors work together to determine this – things such as dietary habits and genetic [...]
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How to Brush Your Teeth
Posted in dental health, dental hygiene, dentistry, tagged toothpaste, Biofilm, energy drinks, dental hygiene, toothbrushing, tooth erosion, soda, tooth sensitivity, sports drinks on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Does Toothpaste Matter?
Posted in Biofilm, Just for Fun, Video, dental health, dental hygiene, tagged Biofilm, dental hygiene, Judith Raices, toothbrushing, toothpaste on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Buying Toothpaste” by Judith Raices
So does it reallymatter which toothpaste you use?
According to a Wealthy Dentist survey, 65% of dentists say yes.
We say yes. And no.
As we’ve written previously, toothpaste isn’t the most important factor in dental hygiene. What matters more are the tools you use and how you use [...]
Proxy Brushes: Better Than Floss, Says Researcher
Posted in dental hygiene, tagged flossing, Biofilm, dental hygiene, toothbrushing, dental plaque, interproximal brushes on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We all know that we’re supposed to brush our teeth regularly, and about three-quarters of us manage to do so at least twice a day.
But as we’ve noted before, brushing alone isn’t enough to completely disturb the biofilm (plaque) that builds up on our teeth daily. Floss, oral irrigators, perio-aids and interproximal (proxy) brushes [...]
Don’t Use Natural Toothpastes?
Posted in dental hygiene, dentistry, tagged Biofilm, caries, cavities, dental hygiene, fluoride, natural toothpaste, SLS, sodium lauryl sulfate, toothpaste, xylitol on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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A short and silly item recently ran in “The Thin Green Line” eco-blog at SFGate.com, which we reproduce here in full so you can immediately appreciate the mind-blowingness of it:
Dentist: Don’t use natural toothpastes
Good news and bad news at the dentist this morning. The good news is, my teeth are fine. The bad news [...]
More Dental Oddities
Posted in Just for Fun, dentistry, tagged Biofilm, Bluetooth, cameras, caries, cavities, dental products, dentistry, plaque, preventive dentistry, soft drinks on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Several new concepts to add to our ever-growing list of weird dental products:
Bluetooth in Your Tooth?
Our last post on weird dental products featured a Bluetooth mike that can be implanted in a tooth – presumably for people who like to talk on the phone a lot. Now an article in the latest issue of Medical [...]
Another Way Stress Affects Your Dental Health
Posted in Biofilm, dental health, dentistry, periodontal health, tagged Biofilm, caries, cavities, dental health, gum disease, periodontal disease, periodontitis, plaque, Stress on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When you’re stressed, you feel it.
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Your neck, shoulders and back may get tight. You may have nagging headaches. Your stomach may churn or feel like lead. It’s a whole body experience. And according to a new study in the International Journal of Dental Hygiene, it affects your mouth’s periodontal tissues – the gums – [...]
Biofilm-Fighting Cool Plasma and Other News of Note
Posted in Biofilm, Environmental Health, Food, Stress, dentistry, general health, mind-body, nutrition, periodontal health, toxicity, tagged arthritis, Biofilm, Bisphenol A, BPA, diet, gum disease, heart disease, inflammation, men's health, MGUS, nutrition, periodontitis, pesticides, plasma, reproductive health, Stress on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wiping Out Tooth Infections: Cool Plasma Packs Heat Against Biofilms (ScienceDaily)
Though it looks like a tiny purple blowtorch, a pencil-sized plume of plasma on the tip of a small probe remains at room temperature as it swiftly dismantles tough bacterial colonies deep inside a human tooth. But it’s not another futuristic product of George Lucas’ [...]
Raw Foodism, Dental Cavities, Shades of Graze
Posted in Biofilm, Food, dental health, dental hygiene, tagged dental health, Biofilm, dental hygiene, tooth decay, raw foodism, grazing on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We regularly see new clients who eat a raw food diet to enhance their health. Yet when we examine their teeth, it is not uncommon to find a lot of decay. This often comes as a surprise to the client. Indeed, it seems counterintuitive when you consider that a raw food diet forgoes all processed [...]
Biofilm Build-up: Are You Disturbing?
Posted in Biofilm, dental health, dental hygiene, preventive dentistry, tagged Biofilm, caries, cavities, dental health, dental hygiene, plaque on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What do a stagnant pond,
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a grimy shower
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and your teeth
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all have in common?
They are all places where biofilm thrives.
Gross, we know. But strictly speaking, that “fuzz” you sometimes feel on your teeth is a biofilm. Dentists used to call it “plaque,” thinking it was a single substance caused by a single microbe. But in [...]
Eat Sugar – Support Your Local Dentist
Posted in Biofilm, children's health, dental health, dental hygiene, tagged Biofilm, carbohydrates, cavities, dental health, dental hygiene, sugar on September 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
An irresponsible headline and lead, courtesy of the LA Times:
It’s candy season so let the kids indulge
It’s that time of year. The haul of Halloween candy kicks it off, and close on its heels are Thanksgiving pies and Christmas cookies. Here’s some surprising advice from a pediatric dentist: Let them stuff their little mouths.
“The frequency [...]
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