Dental News

Few things in the mouth cause as much pain relative to their size as a canker sore. A lesion smaller than a pencil eraser can make eating, drinking, and talking miserable for a week or more — and because they tend to show up without warning, most people have no idea...

Bad breath is one of those oral conditions almost everyone deals with at some point, and one of the most misunderstood. Most people assume it's a stomach issue or something they ate. In reality, the large majority of cases originate right inside the mouth — bacteria...

Not every problem in your mouth is a cavity or gum disease. A whole category of oral health concerns exists outside that framework — some caused by bacteria, some by reduced saliva flow, some by an overactive immune response — and most of them are common enough that...

Your mouth is the first point of contact for everything you eat and drink, which makes diet one of the most direct influences on your dental health. Long before food reaches your stomach, it's already interacting with tooth enamel, gum tissue, and the bacteria that...

Brushing cleans the front, back, and chewing surfaces of your teeth reasonably well. What it can't do is reach the tight space between two teeth pressed against each other — and that space is exactly where a large share of cavities and gum disease get started....