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  • Why is it important to practice good dental hygiene?

    Good oral/dental health translates to good health overall. Dental problems such as cavities or gum disease can impair your ability to eat and speak properly, cause pain and bad breath. And what many people may not realize, is that poor dental health can have a profoundly, negative affect on areas...
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  • Popular Science of Electric Toothbrush (1): How to choose an electric toothbrush?

    Popular Science of Electric Toothbrush (1): How to choose an electric toothbrush?

    The front flush is the only criterion for distinguishing the advantages and disadvantages of electric toothbrushes. Judging from the third domestic oral health inspection in 2005 and the fourth domestic oral health inspection in 2015, the tooth decay rate of adolescents and children has risen fro...
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  • Are Your Kids Covered?

    Oral health care is a vitally important service for children’s well-being, and coverage of dental insurance codes by both public and private insurers is key in ensuring access to comprehensive oral health care for children. This brief illustrates the importance and shows state coverage of key cod...
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  • Breakthrough for tomorrow’s dentistry

    Teeth develop through a complex process in which soft tissue, with connective tissue, nerves and blood vessels, are bonded with three different types of hard tissue into a functional body part. As an explanatory model for this process, scientists often use the mouse incisor, which grows continuou...
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  • Polymers prevent potentially hazardous mist during dentist visit

    During a pandemic, the problem of aerosolized saliva droplets at a dentist’s office is acute Polymers prevent potentially hazardous mist during dentist visit During a pandemic, the problem of aerosolized saliva droplets at a dentist’s office is acute In a paper published this week in ...
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  • Cavities: What are They and How Do We Prevent Them?

    Cavities: What are They and How Do We Prevent Them?

    By Caitlin Rosemann A.T. Still University – Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health Did you know tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the human body?  Enamel is the protective outer layer of our teeth. Bacteria in our mouths use the sugar we eat to make acids which can wear away t...
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