News tagged with tooth erosion

How to manage erosion caused by everyday beverages

Researchers have warned people to beware of the damage that acidic beverages have on teeth. Yet, for some, the damage and problems associated with drinking sodas, citric juices or certain tea may have already begun to take ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

OJ worse for teeth than whitening, researchers say

With the increasing popularity of whitening one's teeth, researchers at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, part of the University of Rochester Medical Center, set out to learn if there are negative effects on the tooth ...

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created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Study: Sports drink consumption can cause tooth erosion

While sipping on sports drinks all day may provide an energy boost, this popular practice is also exposing people to levels of acid that can cause tooth erosion and hypersensitivity, NYU dental researchers ...

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created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Study shows acidic food and drink can damage teeth

(Medical Xpress) -- Eating fruit such as apples could be up to four times more damaging to teeth than carbonated drinks, according to a new study led by Professor David Bartlett at the King’s Dental Institute.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

School obesity-prevention curriculum can reduce medical costs

Teaching middle-school children about nutrition and exercise and encouraging them to watch less TV can save the health care system a substantial amount of money, suggests an economic analysis from Children's Hospital Boston ...

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created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New captorhinid reptile found in China

A new captorhinid reptile, Gansurhinus qingtoushanensis, gen. et sp. nov., was found from Xidagou Formation (Middle Permian) at Qingtoushan (Dashankou) locality near Yumen, Gansu Province, and from Naobao ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reptilian root canal: Study reveals infection in jaw of ancient fossil

A reptile that lived 275-million years ago in what is now Oklahoma is giving paleontologists a glimpse of the oldest known toothache.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Osteoporosis drug reduces bone loss, tumor size in oral cancer

A drug currently approved for osteoporosis treatment has been shown to reduce bone loss in a study of mice with oral cancer, suggesting it could serve as an important supplemental therapy in patients with head and neck cancers ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Good oral health is essential during pregnancy

It's no secret that pregnancy is an important time in a woman's life. While women often hear about how pregnancy causes physical changes that affect their hormone or appetite levels, these changes can have a great effect ...

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created May 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rare 95 million-year-old flying reptile Aetodactylus halli is new genus, species of pterosaur

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 95 million-year-old fossilized jaw discovered in Texas has been identified as a new genus and species of flying reptile, Aetodactylus halli.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Return of top predators is key to ecological future

Sufficient advances have been made about the importance of top predators in ecosystem function that it's time to move from discussing the issue to acting upon it, a conservation biologist from Oregon State ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 23, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Drink brewed tea to avoid tooth erosion

Today, the average size soft drink is 20 ounces and contains 17 teaspoons of sugar. More startling is that some citric acids found in fruit drinks are more erosive than hydrochloric or sulfuric acid—which is also known as ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 1

The price paid for higher energy is highly dangerous to teeth

For more than 10 years, energy drinks in the United States have been on the rise, promising consumers more “oomph” in their day. In fact, it is estimated that the energy drink market will hit $10 billion by 2010. While that ...

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created Mar 12, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 1


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