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Chewing or mastication is the process by which food is crushed and ground by the teeth. It is the first step in the process of digestion, allowing a greater surface area for digestive enzymes to break down the foods. During the mastication process, the food is positioned by the cheek and tongue between the teeth for grinding.
Dentures: False teeth are mounted onto an acrylic base. These may be partial (to replace some missing teeth) or complete (where all the natural teeth are missing). [8] Dentures may be removable, or fixed in the mouth by dental implants. Advantages: This is the least expensive option for the replacement of teeth.
A 1930s poster from the Work Projects Administration promoting oral hygiene. Tooth decay is the most common global disease. [14] Over 80% of cavities occur inside fissures in teeth where brushing cannot reach food left trapped after eating and saliva and fluoride have no access to neutralize acid and remineralize demineralized teeth, unlike easy-to-clean parts of the tooth, where fewer ...
Dentures need to be cleaned as often as regular teeth, though you'll use a denture brush with bigger bristles. You can also soak them in cleaning solutions, like the dissolvable tablets, at night ...
Photo: Shutterstock. Design: Eat This, Not That!At times, losing weight can feel like a never-ending journey. From counting calories to being mindful of portion sizes to finding healthy recipes ...
Here's how to dine out without falling off your diet. Glasses clink, appetizers are ordered and before you know it you’ve imbibed and eaten like a 17th-century noble with gout and a broken heart.
Page argued that for bones and teeth to stay healthy there has to be a calcium-to-phosphorus ratio of 10:4 present in the blood and if this ratio was maintained then absorption of dentures would not occur. [1] Milk and sugar consumption are not recommended as they destroy the correct calcium-phosphorus balance and rot the teeth.
Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the U.S. Yet, according to the American Heart Association, half of Americans are unaware of this sobering statistic. The good news is that a diet ...