Maureen Connor

Society often puts much value into the way that a person looks. In addition to others forming opinions based on appearance, most people are very concerned about their outer beauty. While hair, eyes, and body have been important factors for sometime, smile and teeth are now increasingly being given much attention. It is the great [...]

The pain is throbbing and gets worse when you chew. Your gums are red and swollen. You have a horrible taste in your mouth. You notice your jaw is swollen, you are running fever – and is that a pimple on your gum? You, my friend, have an abscessed tooth, and you are in need [...]

100 years ago 50% of adults in North America were toothless. Today less than 10% of adults over age 65 have lost teeth. This huge jump can be attributed to many factors including the commercialization of toothpaste into the marketplace. Colgate for example introduced its toothpaste in a jar in 1873 and by 1896 Colgate [...]