Dental hygiene is important for overall wellness, but are your breathing habits affecting your oral health? If you’re breathing through your mouth, this might be the case, according to Dianne Sefo, clinical associate professor and chair of the Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting department at NYU. “Mouth breathing can impact […]
I used to rinse after brushing my teeth — and even went back over them with a wet toothbrush — to remove any remnants of toothpaste left in my mouth. But then I found out from a dentist’s TikTok video that doing this isn’t the most effective method. Why you […]
Keeping teeth healthy should be a top priority for everyone. After all, we only get one set of choppers over the course of our lives. And yet, many of you are harming your teeth in ways that we might not even suspect. Following are some of the key ways that […]
If you were to walk into a dentist’s office, you might find a great divide between people who are against the use of fluoride treatments and those who wish to have them. But many of the arguments against fluoride are rooted in a fear of how it was first discovered […]