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Study Suggests New Dental Massage Technique Raises Cavity Protection by 400%

Fluoride protection is increased by 400%, if you massage your teeth with a high fluoride content toothpaste after your meals. This way, you will avoid tooth cavities in the most efficient manner, suggests Anna Nordstrom PhD, dentist and researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gotheburg in Sweden.

Study: Oral Cancer Risk Reduced by Diabetes Drug

Researchers at University of Maryland have found that patients with type 2 diabetes, who take a certain drug, are less likely to develop oral cancer. Metformin is perhaps the most widely used antidiabetic drug (for type 2 diabetes patients) which seems to have an important role in protecting diabetic patients against oral cancer. The findings have been published in the Cancer Prevention Research journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Proper Oral Health Linked to Good Colon Health



March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month and James Bramson D.D.S. who is the chief dental officer for United Concordia Dental, wishes to raise the awareness that there is a strong correlation between proper oral health and colon health.

No More Need for Dental Fillings? New Peptide Regenerates Tooth in a Month



Perhaps it will not even take that long until dentists from all over the world can put away their drills for good. A recent study published in the ACS Nano journal, shows that there is a new peptide available that if introduced in a soft gel or a thin film and placed right next to a cavity, this will make the cells within the tooth to regenerate in less than 30 days.

Common Drug Helps Reducing Gum Disease Pocket Depth



A study has been published in this month’s issue of the Australian Dental Journal, according to which a low dose of daily Aspirin intake can actually help reduce the size of the dental pockets of patients struggling with periodontal disease.

10 Tips for Keeping your Teeth Extra Clean during Christmas Holidays



A beautiful, bright & white smile will always help you stay self-confident. Here are the top 10 tips for keeping your teeth extra clean during Christmas Holidays.

Public Health Survey of Dental Pain Via Twitter



Twitter has become one of the best social media sites, where people interact, share, promote, sell, or run polls extremely easily and quickly. With time, Twitter has also become split into niches. For example, the portal is actively used by people to communicate to each other health concerns and get targeted responses by professionals or other users, and it is also used by medical staff to communicate with their patients.

Untreated Gum Disease Can Easily Lead to Stroke and Heart Attack



In the past several years there have been used many theories to try and explain the fact that gum disease problems are associated with heart complications. One of these theories says that the bacteria that can be found in the mouth actually enter the bloodstream, and they attach to the plaques of fat on the arteries that can be found around the heart.

Dental Problems and Childhood Obesity Directly Linked to Baby Bottle Use



Temple University recommends taking children off the baby bottle at the right time, in order to avoid the risk of childhood obesity and other health problems, such as dental health complications. The study has been funded by the Department of Agriculture’s Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program.

Dental Stem Cells: No Longer Need for Dentures and Implants?



Regenerative dentistry is about to be revolutionized, thanks to scientists such as Paul Sharp, PhD, who is the Dickinson Professor at Craniofacial Biology, and an advisor to Provia Laboratories, LLC –which provides dental stem cell banking, which means that parents can preserve and collect dental stem cells of their children, if needed later in life for dental interventions.

Teeth and Nutrition History of our Ancestors



Have you ever wondered what were our ancestors eating? Well, eating was quite a difficult task for our human ancestors at times. According to professor and chairman of anthropology Peter Ungar from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, our human ancestors did spend a much greater amount of time on eating, mainly because they had to deal with raw food which was of quite low quality, and very hard to chew on.

Can Dental Caries Be Contagious Infection?

Recent researches in the dental health field point out that dental caries actually is contagious infection. The major enemies of the teeth are not only foods that contain sugar, but any other kind of food particles in the mouth that constantly feed the bacteria that cling to the teeth.

Erectile Dysfunction Might Be Associated With Chronic Periodontal Disease

A deeper study into the subject can discover ways to find or prevent one disease by other disease symptoms. The same can be said about erectile dysfunction and chronic periodontal disease. First steps into the problem has already been done.

Toothbrush and Toilet Bad Bacteria



Scientists have found more than 10,000,000 bacteria living on a single toothbrush. This huge number does not vary a lot. Now think how dangerous becomes the everyday procedure of ‘cleaning’ your teeth if not to take the right care about your dental toothbrush. Millions of bacteria infects the oral cavity and can badly infect your damaged gums, too.

Scientists Develop Dental Filling Using Bile Acids

Scientists in Canada and China have developed a hardy material using human bile acids, which they hope can be used to fill dental cavities.

10 Most Healthy Foods for Teeth



We eat and we think that food affects our teeth badly. And we are right. But, are there any foods that help keeping our teeth healthy? Is there anything that not only keeps but makes our teeth look and be better? Of course there are such products, and this article is made to describe them.

Stem Cells From The Teeth: A New Discovery

Scientist has found out recently that dental pulp taken from the wisdom teeth can become a source of therapeutic stem cells. This finding was informed to the public by Japanese researchers. This newly discovered cell is called mesenchymal stem cells. It is capable of developing body tissues such as bone, cartilage and fat.

Adult Stem Cells from Teeth Could Heal Stroke Damaged Brains

Dental pulp stem cells are highly promising as precursors of replacement neurons (brain cells) because they are easily accessible, can be taken from the patient needing treatment, and they have similar properties to cranial neural crest cells that normally make brain cells and other cranial tissues.

Beat Tooth Decay With Experimental Chewy Mint



A new chewable mint looks set to solve the worldwide problem of tooth decay.

BasicMints is an experimental fluoride-free treatment designed to mimic a component in human saliva that neutralises acids in the mouth that can erode tooth enamel.

Yogurt May Prevent Periodontal, Gum Disease

Dr. Yoshihiro Shimazaki and colleagues found that consuming yogurt and lactic acid drinks was significantly associated with better periodontal health.”But, milk and cheese were not,” Shimazaki said.