Eating disorders are a terrible thing. Parents and loved ones who experience the destructive consequences of these modern scourges, often, find them heartbreaking. Today, we recognise eating disorders as serious illnesses, with psychological and physiological...
Dental Articles
Metal Braces: Iron Age Technology Still Has a Shiny Future
These days, there are various forms of braces, from traditional metal to wire braces. No matter your preference, each of these is an effective way to straighten the teeth. A traditional brace is a combination of wires and brackets attached to the front teeth. Its...
Secrets Your Dentist Won’t Tell You (I will do anything for teeth but I won’t do that) …
It’s interesting that the secrets your dentist won’t tell you can be found right here. And in other places. Makes them not much of a secret really; they’re neither hidden or unexplained - nor are they a mystery. Possibly, they clarify for secret status as something...
Poor Periodontal Health: Is Cancer a Risk?
It's already accepted that poor oral hygiene heightens the risk of oropharyngeal cancer, even with smoking and heavy drinking are taken into account - two of the biggest risk factors in the development of cancer. Good oral health care is important for your health and...
Is a Vegan Dentist Any Different?
Being vegan is a centred lifestyle of doing the best that can be done in consideration of everything we share on this planet. It encompasses conscious mindfulness that is essentially an ethical curiosity about who, what, where, when and how of anything. Everything...
Obesity & Tooth Decay Have a Relationship: Their Love Child Might Be Anyone’s
By guest writer Suzanne Saunders … Forget about an integrated policy approach for tackling the childhood tooth decay outcome of obesity and poor diet: how about starting with the principles of acceptable parenting. The disclaimer here is that I’ve never been a parent....
Measuring The Oral Microbiome in Saliva: Via a Covid Test Kit?
Microbes living on, and within our bodies, constitute one-to-two kilograms of our bodyweight, and contribute to how the body functions. Bacteria in your mouth interact with each other, and with you as their host – they assist digestion, can protect against pathogens,...
Invisalign: Before You Decide On Clear Aligners: Things To Know
Taking action toward anything you really want requires some kind of compromise, some kind of sacrifice. It involves making choices between immediate wants, and what needs to happen for visions to become reality. Apparently the road to success involves...
Teeth, Rituals, And No Floss About The Tooth Fairy
Teething rituals date to ancient times, and are first recorded in the Eddas – two 13th century CE Icelandic manuscripts of Norse mythology and skaldic poetry. The Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda relate the cosmogony, religion, and history of Scandinavian and...
Not Enough Bone For a Dental Implant? It’s Okay
If you’ve been unfortunate enough to have lost a tooth or two, generally you’re a potential candidate for dental implant surgery. Implants increase aesthetics and therefore confidence, and allow the enjoyment of foods you may have had to avoid for some time. Implant...