Choosing the right fluoride toothpaste, brushing gently, and timing your brushing can help protect enamel, prevent erosion, and reduce tooth sensitivity.

Dentists say even well-intentioned habits can damage your teeth and gums over time. From brushing too hard to using your ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Across an average lifetime, we spend roughly 82 days brushing our teeth ...

Despite being the hardest substance in the human body, enamel is vulnerable to erosion and damage that cannot be regenerated ...

Billions of people around the world dutifully brush their teeth with toothpaste every day, but some are starting to question this status quo. These contrarians see sense in brushing but aren’t sure ...

Can you handle the tooth? Dr. Praveen Sharma, a UK-based dentist and scientific adviser to the British Dental Association, says many people practice four bad habits when it comes to their dental ...

Most of us brush our teeth on autopilot. So let’s stop and ask: are you doing it properly? For a full two minutes? Do you use the correct type of brush and toothpaste? Did you know you’re supposed to ...

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It all started with a TikTok, like many of my wellness-trend questions do these days. Specifically, this was a TikTok from a dental hygienist, @krystaambruson, who shared her morning oral hygiene ...

Brushing Does Not Mean Your Teeth Must Look White Many people assume that yellow teeth automatically mean poor oral hygiene.