Tongue jewelry is no longer limited to the typical barbell styles we saw when the trend first appeared on the fashion scene. Today’s tongue rings glow-in-the-dark, blink, vibrate, have crystals, feature unique shapes and even display logos. If that decision...
Professional researchers have gained a new understanding of bacterial behavior in the mouth and it revolves around Biofilms. Sounds serious, doesn’t it? Well, it can be if you don’t know what to do about them! Plaque is type of biofilm. Biofilms are...
You know, if you don’t take care of your tongue, it will be virtually impossible to say some of the world’s hardest tongue twisters! (And we say this with our tongue firmly planted in our cheek!) Imagine trying to say “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s...
“How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?” Engineering students at Purdue University and the University of Michigan used licking machines to get to the bottom of this eternal question. Purdue’s machine averaged 364 licks...
On March 14, 1951, at an event at Princeton to honor his 72nd birthday, Albert Einstein was asked to smile for the camera by photographer Arthur Sasse. Much to Sasse’s surprise, Einstein stuck out his tongue instead! Einstein was so amused by the image that he...
The next time you look at your tongue in a mirror, notice its color, texture and coating! Did you know that the appearance of your tongue can be a critical tool to determining your overall health? A healthy tongue should be pink in color, and can reflect the health of...
