Sealants Are a Protective Shield for Teeth
40% of kids will have at least one cavity by the time they start school, usually due to poor oral hygiene and eating and drinking lots of sugary things.
40% of kids will have at least one cavity by the time they start school, usually due to poor oral hygiene and eating and drinking lots of sugary things.
For as long as there have been people, there has been tooth decay.
“Mouth-breather” has made the rounds as an insult in recent years.
We can see a hint of the state of dental health in Shakespeare’s England from a sonnet in which he describes his lady love’s reeking breath.
By their eleventh birthday, 2 in 5 kids will have at least one cavity.
We tend to imagine that people from earlier eras must’ve had worse teeth than we do.
It isn’t always easy to teach a young child important life skills.
Back in medieval times in England, people didn’t have a great understanding of what caused cavities or gum disease.
Many strange things lie buried in the history of dental care and hygiene.