A recent laboratory study indicates that do-it-yourself teeth bleaching products may cause some weakening of teeth enamel, as well as the enamel’s ability to recover from normal wear and tear. These home teeth bleach kits have been written about in the March 2009 “Journal of Dentistry”. According to Dr. Shereen S. Azer from the Ohio State University College [...]

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 [...]