Electric toothbrushes are more effective at cleaning teeth than manual toothbrushes, can help prevent tooth staining, and will lower your risk for toothbrush abrasion....
How to Brush Your Teeth Correctly with a Manual Toothbrush
The Key to Brushing Your Teeth
When learning how or teaching your children to brush effectively, the absolute most important thing is to practice brushing in the...
How to Test Your Gums for Health & Track Your Periodontal Progress
Score Your Gum Health with a Self Exam
Keep track of your Healthy Gums Score with our handy table. Anything less than Good needs to be improved, the less bleeding the...
Avoid Soy Milk for Less Tooth Staining from Your Latte
Using soy milk means more staining from coffee than regular cow’s milk, not to mention it doesn’t froth nearly as well.
Know About Post Harvest Processing to Slow Tooth Staining from Coffee
For more information about how coffee is procssed, here is a quick link to Wikipedia. If you’re wondering about the super-expensive coffee that is made from beans...
Choosing a Coffee Creamer for Less Staining
The greater the fat (lipid) content and the greater the milk protein content, the greater the reduction in staining. Remember that these same principles apply to your...
Types of Coffee Beans Tailored for Less Staining
I think all the studying for proficiencies is getting to me, I didn’t even mention that Robusta beans have almost twice the caffeine of Arabica beans!
If you ever...
Perfecting Coffee Preparation, Better Brewing Methods to Reduce Tooth Stains
Below is a table outlining the staining capacities of various popular coffee brewing methods. There haven’t been any studies directly quantifying staining with...
Selecting the Right Coffee Roast to Stop Tooth Stains
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Making the Case for Mouthwashes
For more mouthwash information, check out our massive table of mouthwash pHs
Xylitol Mints as an Effective Alternative to Xylitol Gum
Xylitol gum is a great way to keep teeth healthy, but not everyone can chew gum to fight cavities.
Why Not Xylitol Gum?
If you have tender jaw joints and muscles, the...
Xylitol Gum a Guide for New Moms & Everyone Else
Fighting cavities is as easy as chewing gum.
Chewing sugarless gum will increase the production of saliva by 10 times your normal rate. This can be especially helpful...









