People have been paying more attention to the effects certain liquids like coffee, citrus-containing drinks, and even toothbrushes have on teeth. Mouthrinses are no exception. Mouthrinses contain essential oils, which include eucalyptol, menthol, thymol, alcohol, sorbitol, and others. People use mou...
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Fluoride can make your teeth stronger and reduce the risk of developing cavities. The preventive potential of fluoride is one of the major advances in dentistry in the last century.But how much is enough? If you haven't had cavities in the last few years, the combination of brushing with fluoride to...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced it will permit bottlers to make claims that fluoridated water may reduce the risk of tooth decay. The FDA's decision means bottlers may now claim what dentists have long known -- that optimally fluoridated water helps prevent tooth decay...
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According to Vitint® company, their new patented technology developed by Dutch dentist, called Ardox-X technology with hydrocarbon-oxobarate complex, consists of safe active oxygen elements which have teeth bleaching effect. It has proven to be safe on tooth enamel and gums. [click link for full art...
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Pacifier use often attracts negative attention for potentially harming children's oral health. There are positive effects of pacifier use, however. In addition to calming the infant, pacifier use can also assist in reducing the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, according to a repor...
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Current practices around the use of oral chemotherapy in US cancer centres need to be improved, say doctors in a study on bmj.com.Common malignancies can be treated with oral chemotherapy - a treatment which is increasingly used across the USA and internationally.Researchers from Boston set out to a...
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Scientists from the United Kingdom, France and Italy have studied teeth from Neanderthals with X-rays from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). They found that the dental development of Neanderthals is very similar to modern humans. Their results are published in Nature.The ESRF revea...
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Victims of osteoporosis and broken bones may get a boost from a new type of biocompatible glass that shows promise in helping damaged and diseased bone to regenerate, says an international team of researchers.The specially fabricated glass, like the spongy interior of bone, contains interconnected p...
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From gemstones to transistors, crystals are everywhere in our daily lives. Crystals also make up the mineralized skeletons of all organisms, including seashells and our own teeth and bones. Perhaps the most widely used biominerals are found in the calcium carbonate family. Understanding how this min...
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