Wet your toothbrush with water and apply a thin strip of toothpaste. Many types of toothpaste are available, but try to use one that contains fluoride, which protects the teeth against cavities and ...

As the child ages, fluoride treatments, available during dental visits, further support enamel health by remineralizing teeth and preventing cavities. Flossing should begin once two teeth touch. Wait ...

Fluoride also reverses early tooth decay by replacing and preventing loss of minerals in teeth. Prior to the beginning of community water fluoridation, tooth decay was widespread and severe among ...

An adult male’s tusk, which in the elephant’s case are enlarged incisors, can be about 7.7 feet long. Like the baby teeth of humans, elephants start off with miniature tusks that they usually lose ...

When children turn six, they typically begin losing their baby teeth. Usually, they’ll lose their front teeth first – resulting in those characteristically cute gappy smiles – before the ...

Baby boomers' teeth are rotting and falling out due to a lifetime of poor dental hygiene and bad diets, new research has found. A world-leading dentist has revealed a surge in patients aged 60 to ...

A baby was born on I-41 near Silver Spring. The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office says they got a call from a man around 8 a.m. His wife was in labor, and they couldn't make it to the hospital.