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General Dentistry News
Toothbrushes
Soft or Hard Toothbrush? Can I Damage My Teeth with a Toothbrush? Historically, different forms of toothbrushes have been around for about 5,000 years. In about 1500 AD, the Chinese made toothbrushes from the stiff hair of a boar hog. This was the basic form of toothbrushes until DuPont invented
Bottle Mouth
Bottle Mouth Bottle mouth is rampant decay, often caused when a baby goes to sleep with a sugary substance in its bottle. Bottle mouth is known by many different names such as, baby bottle tooth decay, nursing bottle caries, milk bottle syndrome, baby bottle caries, bottle rot, rampant caries.
Preventative Dentistry News
Decay, A Preventable Disease of the Mouth
Caries or Decay is Preventable Causes of Decay Decay, also called caries, is created when bacterial plaque, which everyone has, is not removed properly and timely. Within this plaque is bacteria which can digest any sugar or starches found in the oral cavity and produce acid. It is this acid
Dental X-Rays
Dental X-rays are two-dimensional black, white, and shades of gray photos of the hard structures of the mouth, with the most dense objects appearing very white and the less dense shades of gray or even white. Readily identified on x-rays are teeth, existing fillings, bases underneath
In Other Dentistry News
Unlicensed Dentists
Unlicensed Dentists Never be Treated by an Unlicensed Dentist Treatment by an unlicensed dentist is a very serious matter. It usually occurs when a marginally legal immigrant who has significant dental problems begins looking for treatment at a bargain. The usual spiel is that the unlicensed
