We tested more than 60 oral hygiene products, from toothbrushes and toothpastes to tongue scrapers and mouthwashes. These 11 ...

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Whether you’ve woken up with a sour mouth, had post-lunch onion breath or experienced something a bit more persistent, bad breath has most likely found us all. Even in cases where breath is ...

A gum boil is a type of periodontal disease that involves the formation of an abscess on the gums. It causes pain and swelling. If left untreated, it can spread to the teeth and surrounding tissues.

New research suggests that while vaping can increase plaque and inflammation, its effects on gum disease remain unclear. Should vapers be worried? Here's what the latest science reveals.

If a person or dentist does not remove plaque, it can cause tooth decay, gum infections, and the destruction of the bone supporting the teeth. Plaque builds up more quickly in cracks, pits ...

Red Dye No. 3 can be found in candy, cakes and cupcakes, gum, cookies, frozen desserts, and frostings and icings. The dye reportedly is known to cause cancer in animals. We recently touched base with ...

The modern spelling, licorice, is first noted in 1601 and liquorice (from confusion with “liquor”) in 1685. The hypothetical Indo-European root DLKU (sweet), gives us words such as dulcet, dulcimer, ...