by Teeth & Gum Editorial Team | Aug 29, 2026 | Oral Conditions
Research consistently finds that elite and recreational athletes have worse oral health than non-athletes despite being overall healthier in every other measurable way. A 2019 study of professional footballers found that 37 percent had tooth decay, 53 percent had...
by Teeth & Gum Editorial Team | Aug 28, 2026 | Oral Conditions
Kidney disease and oral health do not often come up in the same conversation outside of nephrology and increasingly periodontal research. But the connection is real, runs in multiple directions, and has practical implications for how people with kidney disease should...
by Teeth & Gum Editorial Team | Aug 27, 2026 | Daily Hygiene
Dental insurance is frequently misunderstood by people who have it and its limitations lead to unpleasant surprises when a procedure is needed. Unlike medical insurance dental insurance is designed to provide a benefit for routine care not to protect against...
by Teeth & Gum Editorial Team | Aug 26, 2026 | Gum Health
You have some gum disease. These five words are delivered to patients every day in dental practices often as a matter-of-fact observation before moving to the next item on the clinical checklist. Many of those patients leave the appointment with only the vaguest sense...
by Teeth & Gum Editorial Team | Aug 25, 2026 | Oral Probiotics
BLIS K12 is the common name for Streptococcus salivarius strain K12 where BLIS stands for bacteriocin-like inhibitory substances. It is an oral health-specific probiotic strain that has a more targeted research base for halitosis than any other probiotic and its...
by Teeth & Gum Editorial Team | Aug 24, 2026 | Daily Hygiene
Oral health is surrounded by more persistent misinformation than most areas of personal health. Some myths are harmless but waste money or effort. Others lead to genuinely poor decisions that affect long-term oral health. Myth: Sugar directly rots teeth Reality: Sugar...
by Teeth & Gum Editorial Team | Aug 23, 2026 | Daily Hygiene
Few public health interventions generate more passionate debate than water fluoridation. Finding an honest assessment that engages seriously with both the evidence and the legitimate concerns is surprisingly hard. This is an attempt at one. What water fluoridation was...
by Teeth & Gum Editorial Team | Aug 22, 2026 | Gum Health
If you search how to regrow gums naturally you will find thousands of articles claiming that various home remedies can regenerate receded gum tissue. This is one of those areas where the gap between what people desperately want to be true and what the evidence...
by Teeth & Gum Editorial Team | Aug 21, 2026 | Oral Probiotics, Product Reviews
If you have been told you grind or clench your teeth a night guard is almost certainly going to be recommended. It is one of those dental recommendations that patients receive with moderate reliability but inconsistent explanation of what it does, why the type...
by Teeth & Gum Editorial Team | Aug 20, 2026 | Gum Health
The connection between vitamin C and collagen is one of the most straightforward and well-established relationships in nutritional biochemistry. It is also directly relevant to gum health in a way that is more mechanistically specific than most nutritional-health...
