A recent article on the Huffington Post lists different brands of eco-friendly toothpastes, with each one backed by a dentist favoring it. The well-known Tom’s of Maine is listed, and there are also some less known toothpastes with brief reviews by the dentists, such as PerioPaste and Coral White. PerioPaste “It’s made with organic wild-crafted [...]

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. [...]

By Debby Waldman, Canwest News Service April 14, 2009 When you hear the term “oral health,” chances are you think about brushing, flossing, and visiting the dentist. All play a critical role but Dr. Deborah Stymiest, a Fredericton, N.B. dentist and president of the Canadian Dental Association, says oral health means more than just healthy [...]

Pay attention to your mouth because it could be telling you something about the rest of your body, a new study has confirmed. People with the germiest mouths are the most likely to have heart attacks, researchers reported at the beginning of National Oral Health Month in April. A study that compared heart attack victims [...]

IAN SAMPLE 11/03/2009 11:32:24 PM The days of whining drills and shrieking patients that can make a trip to the dentist an experience to dread may be numbered. Scientists claim they may have found a way to regrow rotting teeth. Researchers studying tooth development have singled out a gene that controls the growth of enamel, [...]

Move over, fillings. Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, are working to remineralize and restore upper layers of teeth eaten away by cavities. Researchers are delving into extracted human teeth, filling them with a calcium and phosphate-containing solution in attempt to remineralize the tooth, said Sally Marshall, researcher and professor in the Division [...]