MARCH IS WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, so we’re celebrating two trailblazers for women dentists in…

CANKER SORES MIGHT be small, but they tend to mean days of distracting discomfort. They are…

NEXT TO BRUSHING, the best tool we have for preventing tooth decay and gum disease is daily flossing, which is why it’s important…

THESE DAYS, THERE are so many toothbrushes to choose from that it’s hard to find the right one for…

IDA GRAY WAS BORN in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1867. She became an orphan when…

MENTAL HEALTH AND physical health are tied together in ways we don’t always expect. That even…

SUGAR GOES BY MANY NAMES and hides where we’d least expect it. Molasses and…

IT CAN BE DIFFICULT to get any enjoyment out of a cozy mug of hot cocoa if every…

MEN AND WOMEN have a lot in common, but they face significantly different challenges…

RADIATION AND THE harm it can do to humans wasn’t well understood in the early years after it was discovered. There were all kinds of exciting radioactive products for the public to buy, from radioactive water jugs to children’s toys to butter to…toothpaste. Thorium Toothpaste in 1920s Germany A hundred years ago, the German company Auergesellschaft produced Doramad, a toothpaste …