Can Stress Affect Your Teeth?
Stress is almost unavoidable in life. It also contributes to many serious health problems, including heart disease and high blood pressure, but many people don't realize that it can affect your teeth as well. One of the reasons why is that when you are stressed, there...
How to Keep Your Mouth Healthy While You Travel
Traveling is fun and exciting, and oral hygiene is often not the first thing on a person's mind when on a personal or business trip. It's important not to neglect your teeth when on vacation. There are many conveniences that are available to make travel easier, but a...
Zoom Whitening Vs Regular Whitening
If you want your teeth to be as white as can be, there are options. One is Zoom whitening. Like many teeth whitening systems, it uses a special gel, but the main difference is the use of an ultraviolet light. This light enhances the gel and forces it to reach deeper...
5 Incredible Facts About Our Smiles
Everyone smiles but some of you probably don't do it as often as you may like due to insecurity about the way your teeth look. Perhaps they're stained or crooked, whatever the reason, sometimes just one visit to the dentist can improve your appearance and give you the...
Paralyzed Man Uses Thoughts to Control His Own Arm And Hand
Thanks to a new technology called BrainGate2, a paralyzed man is able to use his arm and hand. BrainGate2 is a mechanism that can decode thoughts and make muscle movement possible. It works by inserting electrode arrays into the brain which can detect signals coming...
Oral Health and Pregnancy: Common Questions Answered
Oral health and pregnancy are related. Pregnancy is a time of change and many women have a long struggle keeping up with it. It is important to remember a few rules you need to follow. You should tell your dentist when you are in the first trimester. Tell them how far...
What Can I Do If My Adult Tooth Is Loose?
You're not a kid anymore, which means you shouldn't be losing any teeth. A loose tooth can come about for any number of reasons from something as simple as a sustained injury or something a little more complex such as a gum disease or grinding of your teeth while you...
Oral Health and Overall Health: The Connection
There is a connection between overall health as well as oral health. More than 120 medical conditions can be detected by signs as well as symptoms in the mouth. Our teeth, gums and mouth are very important parts of our body and their health is vital to out bodies...
Forcing People At Vending Machines To Wait Nudges Them To Buy Healthier Snacks
Forcing people to spend some time at a vending machine waiting actually nudges them to buy things that are healthier for them. The healthier items drop pretty much instantly. It is a psychological tactic that uses impatient people against themselves. If you have to...
Eat better, live longer
The impact of improving your diet may be large. That’s according to a recent study that estimated the impact of dietary modifications on premature cardiovascular deaths. The pervasiveness of unhealthy diets and the epidemic of obesity have led to the suggestion that...