It’s not here yet, but in the future, the technology may exist to allow dental patients to actually regrow teeth by planting “seeds” in their jaws for new teeth. Sound farfetched? Well, don’t look now, but it has already been done in mice. This has successfully been done by some sicentists, and they say it [...]
Some people think chewing gum can be beneficial because it burns calories. This is hardly effective. Chewing gum is a kind of exercise, but it doesn’t expend much energy. Chewing gum uses a few calories, but you have to chew for an hour to burn 11 calories. If you chewed for 12 hours every day [...]
By Dr. John Berchelmann Jr We have all heard that if we eat sweets, that we will get cavities or holes in our teeth. This is not exactly true, because cavities are a disease process and not directly caused by the sugar we eat. What is the cause of a cavity? A cavity is a bacterial infection. [...]
Recent Posts
- Dentists name their favorite eco-friendly toothpastes and why
- Teeth Whiteners May Harm Tooth Enamel by Weakening The Surface
- A Dent in The Denture Business: Regrowing Teeth
- Chewing Gum Can Help Teeth; Useless to Burn Calories
- San Antonio Dentist Explains Why People Get Cavities
Archives
- November 2010 (1)
- October 2009 (1)
- August 2009 (3)
- April 2009 (5)