There are many steps to oral care that are important for the health of everyone’s mouths. However, an often neglected step when it comes to oral hygiene is flossing. Flossing helps remove food ...
When dentists look inside your mouth, they’re not just looking for cavities. They’re looking for gum disease and oral cancers, as well as assessing the overall health of the millions of bacteria, ...
About 18,000 Americans are diagnosed with a new case of oropharyngeal cancer each year, with a UK head, neck and thyroid surgeon pointing the finger at oral sex. Oropharyngeal cancer is a type of ...
Oncologists are increasingly looking at oral sex as a primary driver of an 'epidemic' of throat cancers. Rates of a specific type - known as oropharyngeal cancer - have been rising since the ...
Oropharyngeal cancer has now become more common than cervical cancer in the US and the UK. HPV is sexually transmitted. For oropharyngeal cancer, the main risk factor is the number of lifetime sexual ...
There are two kinds of people: flossers and those who should be flossing. That’s because using floss is an important part of keeping your teeth and gums healthy, along with brushing with ...