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  2. This Natural Alternative To Brushing And Flossing Is Trending ...

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    Before brushing your teeth in the morning, take about 1 tbsp of an edible oil and put it in your mouth. Swish the oil in your mouth (like mouthwash) for as little as 10 minutes and up to 20 ...

  3. Can't stop chewing ice? What it might reveal about your ... - AOL

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    Teeth are not tools,” Wolff says. “Humans should not use their teeth to open bottles or bags, break ice or break bones.” How to tell if your ice-chewing habit is harmful

  4. Human tooth sharpening - Wikipedia

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    Ota Benga, a famous Congolese pygmy, shows off his sharpened teeth. A man with filed teeth (probably Mentawai) smokes in a photograph by Dutch photographer Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis who worked in Sumatra. Human tooth sharpening is the practice of manually sharpening the teeth, usually the front incisors. Filed teeth are customary in ...

  5. Atraumatic restorative treatment - Wikipedia

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    Single-surface in posterior primary teeth (baby back teeth) for first 2 years High (survival percentage = 94.3% [± 1.5]) [10] Multiple-surface in posterior primary teeth for first 2 years Medium to low (survival percentage = 65.4% [± 3.9]) [10] Single-surface in posterior permanent teeth (back adult teeth) for first 3 years

  6. Surgical suture - Wikipedia

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    The chest drain stitch and corner stitch are variations of the horizontal mattress. [citation needed] Other stitches or suturing techniques include: Purse-string suture, a continuous, circular inverting suture which is made to secure apposition of the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound. [13] [14] Figure-of-eight stitch; Subcuticular stitch ...

  7. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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    Biting down on a piece of sterile gauze over the socket will provide firm pressure to the wound. Normally this is sufficient to stop any bleeding and will promote blood clot formation at the base of the socket. [5] Moreover, the patient must be inhibited from eating and drinking hot food in the first 24 hours.

  8. When do kids learn to spit — and why is it important that ...

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    Spitting is important for brushing teeth and eating, but it takes years for kids to master the skill. ... “Do it together over the bathroom sink. ... but women still paid 18.6% less. Food. Food.

  9. Catgut suture - Wikipedia

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    This treatment produces roughly twice the stitch-holding time of plain catgut, but greater tissue inflammation occurs. Full tensile strength is extended to 18–21 days. It is brown rather than straw-colored, and has improved smoothness due to the dry presentation of the thread (plain catgut is wet). It is otherwise similar to plain catgut. [3]