Have you ever looked at the back of a tube of toothpaste and wonder “what is all this junk anyway”? There are so many things that the average layperson has absolutely no idea that it is mindboggling just to start to research all of them. Most of these materials are there to enhance the flavour, consistency, and surface of the paste. But some of them are salts, some of them are carcinogens, and many of them are plain unhealthy. Here is a breakdown of what’s in toothpaste.

At home oral hygiene, together with regular checkups at your dentist for hygiene sessions and a nice deep cleaning are the most important parts of keeping your teeth healthy.
We present the brightest, the most bizarre, and the downright silly in dental innovations from the past year.
Spinach in your friend’s teeth? There’s an app for that. Just drag the offending bit of food to the appropriate place in the cartoon diagram in ToothPict and hit send.