Dental plaque is inevitable. Whenever you eat sugary or starchy foods, they mix with bacteria in your mouth and form a fuzzy coating on your teeth, aka plaque. If you brush regularly, dental plaque ...

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We all want a bright, healthy smile. But teeth whitening treatments can be expensive, and sometimes a little too harsh. In Lagos alone, teeth whitening services charge anywhere from ₦50,000 to ...

Medically reviewed by Brian T. Luong, DMD Key Takeaways Brushing with baking soda is safe and has low abrasiveness for teeth.

There are two kinds of people: flossers and those who should be flossing. No matter how annoying you find it, using something — be it string floss, picks or a water flosser — to get plaque (a ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer I’ve never had a cavity—and I’d like to keep it that way. So I started wondering whether I’m ...