Posts tagged dental hygiene
When did dentistry start

Dentistry as a formal profession with degree programs has evolved over time. Here's a brief overview of its history. First Dental School: The world's first dental school was the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, founded in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, in 1840. This institution marked the beginning of formal dental education.

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Spotlight on Jelly Beans

in Australia, jelly beans have been sold for 80 years at chemists and marketed as important to health for their glucose content but these cute and tasty, fun flavoured, multi coloured confectionaries violently attack your teeth. Jelly beans coat your teeth with their stickiness which can only be removed by brushing and flossing.

Cavity producing bacteria love to eat jelly beans even more than you do. They eat the jelly beans and produce acid which damages your tooth enamel and causes tooth decay.

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