Why Milk is Bad for Your Teeth
What? Milk is bad for your teeth? Haven’t we been brought up to believe that it is GOOD for our …
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How to Fix Your Own Teeth (with stuff you buy from Bunnings)
Sometimes I wish I’d been a dentist. When I’m paying my bill, that is! Boy it’s expensive! Now, I’m always …
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Is Water Fluoridation Safe?
The short answer is yes, it is, but it’s easy to understand why some people think it isn’t. When we …
An Alternative Shaving Cream
So you need to have a shave but you’re out of shaving cream? What do you do? Well, you have …
Book Extract #12: Toothpastes
Toothpastes are a little like dishwashing detergents in that there is very little difference between brands, and our choice of …
The Great Whitening Toothpaste Con
Last month CHOICE lifted the lid on whitening toothpastes. They pointed out, quite rightly, that the ingredients in so-called “whitening …
How to Make Your Own Toothpaste
I came across the recipe for making your own toothpaste. The basic idea is sound, but I have a few …
Can Brushing Your Teeth be Bad for Them?
Believe it or not, this is a chemical question. Last week on 6PR Millsy reported that a Dr Howard Gamble …
Why Does Sugar Cause Tooth Decay ?
Sugar is not corrosive, in any sense of the term, so how does it causwe decay in our teeth? Well …