Can you imagine a world without flossing? Until I heard the radio announcer on BBC say that a new type of gum could make flossing a thing of the past, I’d always assumed, based on the conventional wisdom, that evil mouth bacteria that thrived on plaque ate holes in your teeth. And I’d learned that […]
Surprising Ways Mouth Bacteria Impacts Our Health
When I was a child, my mother had to have gum surgery because she had periodontitis, a serious condition of the gums surrounding the teeth. The way she described it horrified me. She had to healthy gum tissue removed from one part of her mouth and the tissue was then grafted onto the diseased area. […]