Dental

Energy drinks could cause less dental damage with a simple addition

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Energy drinks may perk you up, but high consumption could be damaging your teeth Shutterstock/francesco de marc Fortifying energy drinks with a calcium concoction could reduce the damage they do to teeth, but it isn’t clear whether this would affect their taste. Studies suggest that dental enamel, teeth’s protective outer covering, starts to dissolve when … Read more

America’s Dental Health Is in Trouble

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Not long ago, Dr. Suzanne Fournier saw a 16-year-old patient with a swollen face and difficulty breathing. Fournier, a dentist who practices at an urban hospital in Louisiana, had to extract six of the teen’s teeth; he was eventually intubated and admitted to the intensive care unit because his airways had closed up. He survived, … Read more