Most of us are familiar with “good” dental habits like brushing and flossing, but do you know about the habits that could actually be hurting your oral hygiene? Take a look at these habits and see if you have any to get rid of… 1. Brushing your teeth...
Halitosis is the technical medical term for “bad breath.” And frankly, we all have it. Bacteria that build up—especially on the tongue—release sulfur gases and other molecules that have an unpleasant smell. It happens to all of us. So… in that sense,...
Breath fresheners have been around a long time! In fact, it’s believed the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans were chewing on eucalyptus, peppermint, cinnamon and vanilla beans around 1000 B.C. to freshen their breath. By 500 B.C., powdered charcoal and bark made it...
Now this is one “holiday” we can get behind! The U.S. Census Bureau recently noted (unfortunately, the link is no longer available) in their daily “Profile America” feature that August 6th is National Fresh Breath Day. According to their own...
Although most of us think of the tongue as that bumpy protrusion in our mouths that tastes, that gets burned by hot coffee or that is used by children to “razz” their friends, the word itself is used in many proverbs or colloquial phrases! In many languages, the...
