Dentists
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Dentists are warning against new TikTok trend of filing down teeth with a nail file
Step away from the nail file.
3-min read - NewsMarie-Claire Dorking
Should you actually bother flossing your teeth?
Have we been wasting our time flossing our teeth? If a proper bonafide study says we don’t need to bother flossing our teeth, who are we to argue? Should we really be throwing away the dental floss quite so readily?
- NewsKate Solomon
Is Flossing A Waste Of Time? Experts Say It Might Be
A debate about the effectiveness of flossing has erupted this week, with one leading academic saying there is only “weak” evidence to say that it helps keep teeth and gums healthy.
- HealthAOL
Dentists 'refusing to fix their mistakes'
Dentists are damaging patients' teeth and then forcing them to pay to fix the damage, Citizens Advice has warned. It says it helped people in England and Wales with 4,000 dental care problems last year, up by 9% from the year before. And
3-min read - LifestyleAOL
Dental health postcode lottery exposed
We are at the mercy of a postcode lottery when we visit a private dentist, according to a new study. It's easy to assume that once you have made the decision to go private, the costs at one clinic are roughly the same as those at any other,
2-min read - NewsKate Solomon
Adding Milk To Your Tea Officially Helps Keep Your Teeth White
Tea purists may argue against the addition of milk to tea but new research has proven that a splash of the white stuff can help your pearly whites live up to their name. Tea without milk is rife with tannins that give tea its delicious flavour and reassuring chocolatey colour, but also stick like limpets to the teeth and cause stains. But a dash of milk brings casein to the party. Casein is the main protein in milk, and it binds to the tannins thus preventing them from staining the teeth. Dr
- HealthAOL
Investigation reveals dentists charge four times the going rate
Dentists in the UK are free to charge what they like for private work, and the result is a huge variation in the cost of treatment across the country. An investigation has revealed that some dentists charge four times as much as others for
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