Brushing teeth too hard can wear down the enamel, aka the protective layer on your teeth. (Photo illustration: Jay Sprogell for Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) Brushing your teeth twice a day every ...

You actually don't need to rinse your mouth after brushing your teeth. Keeping your mouth healthy means a daily routine of brushing your teeth to get rid of plaque and bacteria. While you might be ...

Feel the need to brush your teeth after every sweet indulgence or other meals? Cleaning your teeth frequently throughout the day can't be a bad thing, right? Wrong. "Overbrushing does not give you a ...

Is it better to brush your teeth before or after breakfast or a cup of coffee? We all have our morning routines. Some of us make a beeline for the bathroom to brush away morning breath. Others prefer ...

Brushing your teeth can stop more than just plaque buildup. It can lower your risk for dementia and other diseases ...

Across an average lifetime, we spend roughly 82 days brushing our teeth. It's an important step in our daily routine, and, for many of us, one we do on autopilot. Good oral hygiene is essential for ...

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Brushing our teeth is something we all do twice every single day. Or least should be doing. But, according to experts, many of us have actually been doing it completely wrong. With more people than ...

Like staying hydrated and eating our veggies, brushing our teeth twice a day is something we're all taught to do from a young age – and the NHS recommends this, too. But, while we've all been led to ...

Think you’ve got brushing your teeth down? Think again. Dr. Arash Ravanbakhsh, the owner of Inglewood Family Dental in Calgary, Canada, recently shared five common mistakes people make while brushing ...

Getting your wisdom teeth removed can help prevent complications like tooth decay, crowding, and impaction. But this procedure, which removes the third molars that usually come in around ages 17 to 21 ...