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Dental bridges are a row of dental crowns that are meant to bridge the gap of more than one missing tooth next to each other. Bridges can be made of porcelain, metal, or pretty much anything a crown can be made from, and they can be house don a tooth or dental implant, can be bonded to healthy teeth near the gap, or housed in artificial gum material like resin, plastic or even wood (this is rare nowadays). Let’s take a look at the different kinds of bridges then, and see the differences between them.

Electric toothbrushes are fairly expensive, especially compared to standard toothbrushes. So many people think of them as a onetime investment, that they are set with until the thing stops buzzing. But this is not entirely true; you need to invest in getting a new toothbrush head every once in a while, for hygienic reasons.

One of the most sought after items this Christmas was an electric toothbrush. This means that many folks out there will get one and realize, with a bit of uncertainty, that they are not sure how to use it.

Trident, Americas leading brand of chewing gum has just released some new packaging in which the individual pieces of gum (chiclets, little white squares), which have smiles on them, making the pieces of gum look like teeth in the smile.

In 2013, new legislature was passed that made the use of hydrogen peroxide as a tooth whitening agent illegal. All products that contained hydrogen peroxide were to be removed immediately, and clinics were not to offer these treatments or face criminal charges.

I am a 35 year old woman, and I come to you with a quite embarrassing problem. I seem to be losing my gums! I have never heard of anything like this happening, and I suppose it has been going on for quite some time. Every year they are just a little bit further back, exposing more of my teeth. I first hardly noticed it, around 10 years ago, but in the past 5 years it has been really obvious. Why is this happening? What can I do to stop it?

“Hi there, I am a 35 year old male and I have some curious problems. My teeth do not hurt and I never have any problems with caries, either, I mean, I have 2 fillings, one on a molar and one on a canine,but I got those years ago. My problem is that everytime I brush my teeth, there is blood on my toothbrush. This also couples with the fact that I have unbelievable bad morning breath. Are these two things related? What can I do to solve this problem?