Day or night, many of us grind or clench our teeth, and don't even realize we're doing it. Here are three questions to ask yourself.

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Bleeding gums can signal gingivitis, vitamin deficiencies, or serious gum disease. Learn the causes, risks, and simple ...

When the calendar flips to a new year, many of us aim to use this blank slate as the time to (finally) lose weight, drink ...

Dentists tend to be very grumpy, but if I had to spend my days wrist deep in other people’s mouths I’d be a little cranky too ...

COUNTING teeth is something you might have done as a child when your adult ones were growing in. But scientists say the ...

Oral-B says it has reformulated Glide dental floss to remove PTFE, a material linked to PFAS concerns Earlier studies and lab ...

Healthy teeth have long been framed as a cosmetic bonus, but new data from Japan suggests they may be as fundamental to longevity as blood pressure or cholesterol. A massive national study of older ...

The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted ...

New research is shedding light on surprising ways to reduce chronic inflammation—including suggestions as simple as flossing ...

When David Dalrymple went for a routine dentist appointment, he expected, at most, a ticking off for his inconsistent dental ...

Researchers knew that high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) may cause sugars to show up in both urine and saliva, but its role in tooth decay is unknown. The direct link between hyperglycemia and tooth ...