Currently, all tobacco products are required to carry warning labels that describe the serious health risks related to their use. This includes both cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. Recently, Swedish Match attempted to use the Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) process to get these labels changed for eight different varieties of its smokeless tobacco, pre-portioned into small packets known as “snus.”
Read Dental StoryYour at-home oral hygiene care is an essential part of preventive dentistry (perhaps the most important part), but a new study of international dental organizations shows that even dentists don’t know what is the best way to brush your teeth, leading to a call for more study on this important aspect of oral health.
Read Dental StoryA few weeks ago we learned that a medieval remedy for eye infections killed one of the scariest modern microbes: methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus also called MRSA or just the “superbug” because of its resistance to one of the world’s strongest antibiotics.
Read Dental StoryOne of the things that make America different from the rest of the world is how much we smile. It’s not entirely because we’re such a happy country (actually, we’re just the 14th happiest country). Instead, it’s a combination of factors that contributed to making Americans more likely to smile than others. Historical Notions We’ve looked before at the origins of the American smile and talked about three particular reasons why Americans might have suddenly become interested in smiling around the turn of the 20th century.
Read Dental StoryVegetarianism and veganism are popular in Beverly Hills (after all Los Angeles is the third most vegetarian-friendly city in the US), but could this lifestyle choice be impacting your teeth? The answer is yes, but it doesn’t have to have a negative impact. It’s possible to eat a vegetarian diet and still have healthy teeth and gums.
Read Dental StoryDuring our work for the TV show Smile, we helped our patient Melissa to face and overcome not just the physical state of her teeth, but also the emotional hardship that came along with her poor oral health. Unfortunately, Melissa isn’t alone. Many people experience a lot of emotional pain alongside teeth that are unhealthy, damaged, or unattractive.
Read Dental StorySmize–the smile with your eyes–is a neologism to describe excitement on your face, without necessarily being able to see your own mouth when you do it. Smize have gained popularity, especially in the past year as everyone has been wearing masks. Without being able to see someone’s mouth due to mask-wearing, nobody knows when anyone is smiling or laughing. Thanks to the simize, we’ve been able to read someone’s happiness simply by looking into their eyes. It seems like smize has become part of our vocabulary–and it should become part of your smiling repertoire.
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