When your hair falls out, it grows back (in most cases!). If you have a cut on your finger, your skin heals itself. Even your digestive tract completely regenerates itself every few days. But regrowing a tooth? Impossible. Not anymore! A new study by scientists at Kyoto University and the…
Tooth Decay
Brushing, flossing and regularly seeing the dentist are good for your teeth, but they’re also good for your overall health. Colorado State University microbiome researchers have released study results that help to support the conventional wisdom that keeping the mouth healthy keeps the body healthy. The researchers explored how invisible…
Would you expect that a compound used to make car bumpers strong and to protect wood decks could be used in repairing cavities? While it sounds a little strange at first, researchers at the OHSU School of Dentistry in Portland, Oregon, hope that this compound will add extra strength to…
A recent study by researchers at McMaster University has revealed that the first permanent molars record a lifelong record of information that goes back to the womb. The new study has found that these teeth store vital information that can even connect a child’s health to the health of its…
What would you think if you heard there was an ‘army’ of microbes living in your mouth waiting to fight back at your best efforts to keep your teeth clean and cavity-free? Sounds a little out there, right? Well, the idea is not so far-fetched, according to researchers at the…
When you eat, you’re feeding your body and giving it the nutrients it needs to support itself. But, what you eat can feed someone else, too. Wait, what? Who? The who is the bacteria that live in your mouth in the sticky film of dental plaque. The Foods Bacteria Love…
Did you know that good oral hygiene can help lower your risk of atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, and heart failure? According to a study published in December 2019 in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, brushing your teeth can help reduce the amount of bacteria in the blood. By reducing…
A recent study published in the journal Clinical Oral Investigations by King’s College London has identified sugar-sweetened, acidic drinks, including soft drinks, as a common factor between obesity in adults and tooth wear. Tooth wear is defined as the premature wearing of teeth due to the softening of the dental…
A University at Buffalo study has revealed that our diet has significantly changed our saliva in comparison to that of other primates. Researchers at the university’s School of Dental Medicine found that the human diet – and our increased consumption of meat, how we cook our food and even how…
The long-held belief that bacteria work together within the body to ensure survival may be a myth, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Researchers at GIT have found that there instead of working together, many bacteria are, in fact, fairly selfish when it comes to their survival.…