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Ways to Repair Broken Teeth

Our Tooth enamel is one of the hardest substances in our body, but teeth still break when lot of force is applied on them. If you receive a injury on the face or suffer trauma as a result of accidents, it’s possible that some of the teeth might get broken or damage, this is known as a dental injury.

Tooth Decay Major Causes and Prevention

Tooth decay or dental caries results in formation of cavities in the teeth and if untreated can spread from the tooth enamel, which is the outer most layer of the tooth into the softer dentin. Tooth decay is one of the most common dental problems in the world; it is particularly common in children and young adults.

Home Remedies for Teeth Sensitivity

For millions of people, sensitive teeth can make life miserable. The pain and discomfort caused by sensitive teeth can prevent you from taking any hot or cold food. In some cases the teeth may be completely treated from sensitivity.

Painless Plasma Jets May Replace Dental Drills

People who live with dental phobia or have a fear of the dentist’s drill could be in for a more comfortable future - new plasma technology for dental care.

How to Control and Prevent Tooth Infection

Tooth Infection is a slow and gradual process resulting in dental cavities or dental caries. This tooth decay occurs when disease causing bacteria produce an acid which removes the top most layer of the tooth surface, the enamel. This infection can go deeper in to the pulp chamber and results in tooth loss or it may even cause infections to wisdom tooth.

Does Kissing Affect Oral Health?

Research into passionate kissing has uncovered many valuable health benefits. Healthier mouth, saliva contains substances that fight bacteria, viruses and fungi. But Kissing may also transmit a small number of disease-causing bacteria and viruses through the oral cavity. Bacteria and viruses in the saliva or blood of one person can be spread to another person by kissing. Some diseases are more easily spread through kissing than others.

Dental Delight! Tooth of Sea Urchin Shows Formation of Biominerals

Pupa Gilbert, a professor of physics, has found a new mechanism that may explain how crystals form in many types of biominerals, including shellfish, eggshells and the enamel in human teeth.

10 Tips on Halloween Candy and Avoiding Tooth Decay

Kids love candy and Halloween is a great time to celebrate that love. However, what is a parent to do if they are worried about tooth decay from all this candy consumption? Candy usually contains sugar, which the bacteria that cause tooth decay dine on. So eating a food loaded with carbohydrate or sugar feeds the bacteria that cause tooth decay.

Causes of Tooth Decay: Killing Bacteria

What causes tooth decay? The answer to this question doesn’t have only theoretical purposes, it also has a practical meaning. Knowing tooth decay causes it’s much easier to prevent this widely met human’s problem. Even if everything depends on how you treat your teeth during and after each meal, there are things you may not know, so you can’t fully control the situation.

Prevent and Stop Tooth Decay

Tooth decay is considered one of the most widely met dental disease and persons spend a lot of their income on its treatment. A good way to economize money and time is to prevent tooth decay as soon as possible. There are many functional ways to do this, most of them connected with personal hygiene and nutrition style.

Avoid Tooth Decay with Dental Chewing Gum

Our mouth is like an open door to all kinds of bacteria and infection. It is highly important to have healthy teeth, because this guarantees that our body will always receive only clean and qualitatively chewed food. One of the modern and largely used method of keeping teeth healthy is the sugar-free dental chewing gum.

Tooth Enamel In-Mouth Regeneration

Nathan Cochrane has discovered a new way of treating tooth decay without using traditional fillings and extractions. The main idea consists in reversing the tooth decay and making the enamel re-grow. The whole process takes place at night, while the person sleeps.

The New BriteSmile Whitening System Review

Modern technologies and dental science has recently developed a new way to bleach your teeth, known as BriteSmile Professional Whitening System. It has already proved its high quality, price and efficacy, that’s why we decided to review BriteSmile specifically.

Laser Teeth Whitening, What You Should Know

When you want to have a shiny and gorgeous smile, laser teeth whitening therapy is one of the most successful at helping you. It consists of some not very difficult steps that will allow you, in just one hour, having your teeth whitened. Have you ever been proud of your teeth? Now you can find out how it’s done.

Top Ten Budget Tips to Keep Your Teeth Healthy

During these tough economic times, many regular activities are being put on hold-and that includes visits to the dentist. So how can people take care of their teeth now to avoid expensive dental procedures in the future? Chicago Dental Society dentists gave us the top ten budget-friendly ways to care for teeth at home.

Vitamin D Deficiency During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Children Teeth Problems

The deficiency of Vitamin D during pregnancy can cause tooth decay problems and tooth enamel defects to their children, says study presented during the general meeting of International Association of Dental Research held in Toronto the University of Manitoba in Canada.