Don't Brush Off Mouth Tech As a Passing Fad

It’s easy to bristle at a $200 AI-powered toothbrush, but not for the reasons you might think.

 How did people clean their teeth in the olden days?

Dental hygiene has come a long way since the days of wine-soaked toothpicks and the urine mouthwash once thought to disinfect mouths and whiten teeth.

 Not everyone uses a toothbrush and toothpaste to clean their teeth – here’s what science says about their effectiveness

Modern oral hygiene devices are specifically designed to clean even difficult to reach areas in the mouth and are highly effective, but only when done correctly. However, some alternative cleaning techniques, such as oil pulling, are useful additions.

 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: How Dental Care Went Luxury

From tortoiseshell toothbrushes with silk bristles to “marine bio-active” mouthwash, dental hygiene is going upscale in the age of high-end essentials.

Activated Charcoal: Teeth-Whitening Secret or Total Scam?

You brush your teeth and floss on the reg. You’ve tried everything from the latest toothpaste to whitening strips, gels, and trays but nothing seems to give you that 100-watt smile. So what’s the best way to get gleaming pearly whites?

How Good Oral Hygiene Can Protect Your Heart

For those who eschew the toothbrush and the dental floss, this could be a wakeup call. For those who do follow regular oral hygiene, you can add prevention of heart disease as yet another benefit to taking those few minutes to keep those pearly whites shining. deletepaid How Oral

How Oral Hygiene Affects the Rest of You

Brushing your teeth, flossing and visiting the dentist keep your teeth and gums healthy, but maintaining good oral hygiene is also important for your overall health, research suggests.

Oral Health Care Basics: Getting to the Nitty Gritty

In order to maintain a healthy body and mouth, consuming vitamin-rich foods and little fat is key. But it’s easy to forget about the basics of well-maintained teeth and gums in a society that focuses on overarching preventative and treatment options. It’s not to say that those measures are not beneficial, because they are, but it won’t get you far if you aren’t following the golden rules of oral health.

Study Ties Poor Oral Health to Cancer-Causing Virus

People with swollen gums, missing teeth and other signs of poor dental health are more likely to be infected orally with the human papillomavirus...

Swishing With Oil for Oral Health: Not Recommended

Oil pulling—the Ayurvedic practice of swishing oil in your mouth—may not be bad for you, but there's little evidence that it cleans teeth and none that it can cure anything else.

What Was Dental Hygiene Like During the Middle Ages?

People in the Middle Ages considered healthy, white teeth a sign of beauty and wrote of sweet-smelling breath as a desirable attribute. So, not surprisingly, we have extensive evidence that people liked to keep their teeth clean and a large amount of evidence of toothpastes and teeth powders, as well as mouth washes and treatments for halitosis.