Elizabethan England’s Rotten Sweet Tooth
In one of his sonnets, Shakespeare described the reeking breath of his lady love, and the subject came up again in two of his plays.
In one of his sonnets, Shakespeare described the reeking breath of his lady love, and the subject came up again in two of his plays.
Moving teeth into their proper alignment is a complicated and fascinating process, so how do braces do it?
40% of kids will develop at least one cavity by the time they turn eleven.
Every current and former orthodontic patient knows about the banned foods list.
“Swimmer’s calculus” sounds more like advanced mathematics than anything to do with teeth.
We tend to assume that people from earlier eras (especially the pre-industrial ones) must have had terrible dental health, but that’s not always true.
Many orthodontic patients reach Braces-Off Day only to discover bleached spots on their teeth.
We need several things working together to be able to speak clearly.
There won’t be a pop-quiz later, but we still want our patients to be familiar with the anatomy of their teeth.