Infants and Children
A child’s dental care really starts with his or her mother’s healthy pregnancy, because baby teeth begin to form before birth. If you are pregnant, make sure to eat a balanced, nutritious diet and get an adequate amount of vitamins and minerals. It’s important for [...]

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This topic provides information on basic dental care. If you are looking for information on tooth decay or cavities, see the topic Tooth Decay. If you are looking for information on gum disease (periodontal disease), see the topic Gum Disease.
What is basic dental care?
Basic dental care involves brushing and flossing your [...]

If you ask most people what the most complex joint in the body is, few will get it right. Most will suggest knees or hips. Others might answer fingers or toes. But the correct answer is your jaw. The jaw joint is also know as the temporomandibular joint, or TMJ for short. The TMJ is [...]

First impressions last. When you meet people for the first time – whether it is a first date, a new business prospects, your partner’s parents or your next-door neighbour – a smile helps to break the ice and make people warm to you.
The problem is that most of us do not have a perfect smile. [...]

The earlier your dentist spots your tooth decay, the better. It means that the decay is easier to clear away, the cavity smaller and therefore easier to fill. But what happens when the decay is not spotted earlier? What happens when the tooth has already decayed considerably so that a filling will not be sufficient?
In [...]

The number of cases of mouth cancer is rising. Since the 1990s, the number of cases of oral cancer in the UK has increased by nearly 30% for men in their Forties. It has also risen by nearly 25% for women. The majority of health experts put this increase down to changes in lifestyle and [...]

There are lots of people who are keen to have whiter teeth. As you grow older, it is not unusual to find that your teeth become increasingly stained and discoloured, especially if you are a smoker, coffee-drinker or red wine aficionado. So what’s holding you back? Why don’t you just go for it?
There seems to [...]

Are you one of those people who needs orthodontic work but never quite gets around to having it done? Maybe you wish you’d bitten the bullet – so to speak – as a teenager and put up with metal braces. Because it’s probably too late to fix those teeth now, isn’t it? And if [...]

Someone said to me recently that visiting the dentist was becoming more and more like taking a car in for a service. They take a look. Give a shake of the head. Give you a list of jobs that need doing (full of technical jargon, obviously). Then present you with a bill for (if you’re [...]

People say that once someone has looked into your eyes, the next feature they focus on is your teeth. So your pearly whites are pretty important when it comes to making a first impression.
Celebrities (and more importantly, their PR people) all realised this a long time ago. It’s unlikely you’ll switch on the television these [...]