Dental Health of Early Native Americans
WHEN WE PICTURE people of earlier eras, particularly pre-industrial ones, we tend to…
Water Activities and Your Teeth
TO THE AVID swimmers out there, you may have noticed that your teeth are…
Don’t Use Your Teeth as Tools!
OUR TEETH CAN do a lot of things. They chew our food, they form a lot of the structure of…
When Does a Tooth Need a Root Canal?
TEETH ARE SAVED by root canal therapy more than 41,000 times a day in the US, adding…
What Is the AAE?
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of Endodontists is a professional organization dedicated to…
Bad Breath: A Big Deal in Medieval England
IN THE MIDDLE AGES, the English didn’t understand much about cavities or gum…
The Anatomy of Human Teeth
DO YOU KNOW what the parts of the human tooth are? We’d like to give you a quick…
What Does My Toothache Mean?
THERE ARE MANY different types of tooth pain, and they mean very different things. This is why…
May Is Save Your Tooth Month
THIS MAY, WE’RE celebrating Save Your Tooth Month. A healthy mouth is the gateway to a healthier…
3 of History’s Strangest Teeth Traditions
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, different cultures have come up with some pretty unusual solutions for dental health problems. Let’s take a look at a few of the weirdest ones. 1. Mice for Pain Management? These days, when we hear the word “painkiller,” we generally think of little pills. Ancient Egyptians were more likely to think of mice.…