Tooth Delivery System for Tooth Fairy

When Jeff Highsmith’s oldest son lost his first tooth, Highsmith realized he could redefine the Tooth Fairy experience for his children. Recognizing the amount of stress placed on the Tooth Fairy to visit millions of homes each year, Highsmith decided to lighten her load by creating a Tooth Fairy delivery system that would allow his children to ship their teeth to the Tooth Fairy for prompt payment. Using a set of flexible PVC pipes, a vacuum and a microcomputer, Highsmith created a pneumatic delivery system that is triggered by smartphone.  For the full article click here.

Something In Your Friend's Teeth? Tweet them!

We’ve all experienced that moment when a colleague or a date smiles and a fleck of food is stuck between her front incisors, and you just don’t have the heart to say something to her for fear of embarrassment. Colgate can relate. With it’s new “There’s Something in Your Tweet” Campaign, Colgate will send an anonymous tweet or email to inform the aggrieved party of the food mishap so you don’t have to say a word. For the full article visit.

Can Brushing Our Teeth Actually Do More Harm Than Good

Conventional wisdom has us believing that it is always a good idea to brush our teeth after consuming food or sugary beverages. However, recent studies suggest that this can actually cause our teeth more harm than good. The acidity of the foods we eat can demineralize and weaken the tooth surface, making it more prone to decay, and scrubbing with a toothbrush can actually encourage this process. For the full article click here.

Same-Day Crowns Allow Dentists to Make a Crown While a Patient Waits

Whereas traditional crowns used to require multiple dental visits and up to a three-week waiting period, new digital technology allows dentists to make crowns in less than two hours while the patient waits.  The same-day crown system begins with the dentist taking a three-dimensional picture of the tooth and adjacent teeth, and then using software to design the crown.  With the simplicity of a mouse click, the design is then sent to the milling machine, which sculpts the tooth from a small block of ceramic. For the full article click here.

Whiten Your Teeth Naturally By Eating These 8 Foods

Everyone would love to showcase a whiter, brighter smile, but many people can’t afford the expensive, commercial teeth-whitening products available for sale.  But now, just a quick trip down the fruit and vegetable aisle of your local grocery store can provide you with everything you need for naturally whiter teeth.  Strawberries, apples and onions are just a few smile-enhancing foods.  For additional teeth superfoods view the full article here.

Seeking Straight Teeth? No Metal Mouth? Invisalign!

Unfortunately, many adults choose to live their lives with a less than desirable smile, because they do not realize there are other options to the old-school metal braces. It was embarrassing enough coming to school each day as a teenager sporting a mouth full of metal, let alone working in an office as an adult with huge metal braces.  No one wants to face old classmates, future spouses or prospective clients with metal braces.  With Invisalign you can straighten your teeth without anyone even knowing you are wearing braces.  For the full article click here.  

'Mouth of Steel’ Sets New Guinness World Record

Adding to his two previously-set Guinness records for fastest time (15.7 seconds) pulling a car 100 feet with his mouth and teeth and longest aerial suspension with his mouth and teeth (2 minutes, 32 seconds), Igor Zaripov, also known as the “Mouth of Steal”, recently set a new record by pulling a red double-decker bus weighing 27,249.14 pounds with his teeth at London’s 02 Arena.  Zaripov currently lives in Las Vegas with his wife and son and works as a Cirque du Soleil performer.  For the full article click here.