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In Kids, Soft Drinks Can Make for “Soft” Teeth
By Nancy Volkers InteliHealth News Service INTELIHEALTH – Soft drinks wear down teeth, even in young children, according to a Greek study. Researchers looked at 243 children, ages 5 to 7. They measured wear on the children’s teeth using a special scoring system. Only about 2% of the children had no tooth wear. About 46% [...]
Diet & Exercise May Help Prevent Gum Disease
Diet & Exercise May Prevent Gum Disease by Dr. Novy Scheinfeld Can working out improve your dental health? Yes, according to one study. Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine have discovered that people of a normal weight who exercise regularly and maintain a healthy diet are less likely to have [...]
For The Sake Of Your Heart-Clean Your Teeth
By:Brian Ssenoga Perhaps, you have heard that conditions like high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, being overweight, being physically inactive, and having a family history of early heart disease exposes one to the risk of having a heart attack. While certain risk factors cannot be changed, it is important to realise that you do have [...]
Men Rate Smile Above Figure Or Face According To Survey
Men consider a nice smile more important than a good figure or a pretty face according to research by dating website Match.com. According to the survey the first thing men notice about a future partner is her smile, with 58 per cent of men putting their partner’s smile at the top of the list of [...]
FIGHT CAVITIES WITH CANDY?
By. Sarah Wassner Flynn Good news for those with a sweet tooth: Snacking on certain Gummi Bears may ward off cavity-causing bacteria in your mouth, according to researchers at the University of Washington. But it’s not just any gummies that are good for you. Gummi candy made with the sugar substitute xylitol (commonly used in [...]
The Number One Worst Food For Your Teeth- And It’s Not Candy !
THE CAVITY-CAUSERS IN YOUR PANTRY By. Dr. Mark Burhenne,DDS Don’t go crackers Brace yourself: The No. 1 most cavity-causing food in the world is actually the saltine cracker. This fact shocks most of my patients, since crackers are everywhere and are even given to toddlers as a healthy snack. Saltine crackers are worse than candy [...]
How To Ease Teething Pain Without Medicine
Teething is a necessary, albeit painful, rite of passage for your baby. Sprouting her new teeth is hard work, and can leave her irritable, feverish and with difficulty sleeping as those teeth cut through her delicate little gums and break the surface. Because so many parents today are hesitant to use any over-the-counter medications unless [...]
DRINK & EAT TO BETTER DENTAL HEALTH!
By. Claire Gallam In addition to candy and red wine, other thought-to-be-bad-for-your-teeth drinks and treats such as coffee and cheese, can actually help strengthen your enamel and fight gum disease! So eat and drink up! Gummy candy A study published by BMC Oral Health in 2008 found that children who ate gummy bears three times [...]
Study Finds Higher Risk of Early Death with Tooth Plaque
By Nancy Volkers InteliHealth News Service INTELIHEALTH — If brushing and flossing seem like too much trouble, chew on this: A 24-year Swedish study has found that middle-aged adults with high levels of plaque on their teeth are at risk for early death. The study started in 1985 with 1,390 Swedish adults who did not [...]
Your Spit Might Tell Dentists If You Have Cancer
By Leslie Horn Dentists (a.k.a. we’re real doctors, I promise!) might soon be your first line of defense against cancer through something called salivanomics—meaning analyzing your spit to see if you have diseases. UCLA researcher Dr. David Wong argues in a new paper published in the Journal of the American Dental Association that in saliva [...]
