The popular perception of dentures isn’t a positive one: Pop culture’s take on dentures remains outdated and mocking, focusing on dentures that slip out of people’s mouths, get stuck in food, or just float eerily in a glass of water on grandma’s nightstand. But dentures have come a long way over the decades, and now [...]
If you’re happy with the length of your teeth and the ratio of tooth-to-gum that shows when you smile, you’ve probably never thought much about these things. But if you feel that you have a particularly gummy smile or particularly short teeth, these concerns might plague you every time you look in the mirror or [...]
If your smile doesn’t have a few gaps in it, you’re actually a rarity: Most Australians are missing at least a few teeth, and as Australians get older, their number of teeth tends to steadily shrink. Unfortunately, missing teeth aren’t just an aesthetic problem. Tooth loss actually has larger implications for your [...]
Australia’s first comprehensive Oral Health Tracker has been released — but before you get excited, you should know that the news isn’t great. According to the statistics, Australians are suffering high levels of tooth decay as a result of bad habits and poor oral hygiene. Let’s just say that if the Oral Health Tracker were [...]
Most discussions of sleep apnea are primarily centered around men — a slant that is rooted in statistics, considering that twice as many men suffer from obstructive sleep apnea as women. But while it’s true that men are more likely to experience sleep apnea, this fact can prevent women from getting diagnosed. And without diagnosis, [...]
