Children Receive Free Dental Health Kits at NASCAR Event

During "SpeedFest," which took place on March 12th, the younger NASCAR fans learned how to improve their oral health and score free oral health kits.  Nearly 7,000 area children enjoyed the festivities. The SpeedFest kits include a card with oral health tips, together with a toothbrush, toothpaste and Henry Schein dental floss.

The program is an annual initiative of American Dental Association, where children from low-income families across the United States get free oral health care services. This year, more than 12,000 dentists nationwide are expected to provide free oral health care to almost 400,000 under served children.

NovaMin Technology Added to Major Toothpaste Line

At the beginning of this year, an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland Dental School, Gary Hack, DDS stated that for the first time, millions of Americans will have a possibility to protect their teeth with "NovaMin," in everyday dental products.

"To know that our invention will now have a positive impact globally on dental pain and help those individuals suffering from sensitive teeth is very rewarding," says Hack.

Not so long ago, consumer health care company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) made an announcement claiming that they had found a dental formulation, which is the first to contain patented NovaMin technology designed to repair sensitive teeth.

Interesting facts about Toothpastes

Starting from my early childhood every day I use a toothpaste and know only that it cleans the teeth and foams. So I have never been thinking about its components and action mechanism.

The modern toothpastes are composed of three principal ingredients such as abrasives, fluoride, detergents, except of water which makes up 20-40% of toothpaste.

The largest part of a toothpaste is represented by abrasives. Frequently abrasives include insoluble particles of silica, calcium carbonate, aluminum hydroxide etc. The people of Roman Empire also used some abrasives for their antique toothpaste - it were crushed bones and oyster shells. So, it is easy to guess that the main mission of these abrasive particles is to remove dental plaque and food remainders from our teeth.

Types of Tooth Bleaching Part 3

Tooth bleaching pastes

One of the simplest dental tooth bleaching types that in addition are available over the counter are considered to be tooth bleaching tooth pastes. This method is definitely easy in use, as you have to use them just like normal toothpastes and they may run you a bit higher than the regular toothpaste. Despite all these advantages I can’t say they are very effective. What I am trying to say is that the tooth whitening pastes do not cause any significant bleaching effect on the teeth, nevertheless they function as well as any other toothpaste. The thing is that “some over-eager individuals who may brush vigorously and many times a day hoping to achieve a great result, which may do more harm than good to their teeth.” Says Dr. Mujtaba.

Do Teeth Whitening Toothpastes Really Work?

You might have noticed that now-a-days teeth whitening toothpastes are popping up everywhere and it would be natural reaction to wonder if they really work.

This kind of toothpastes, like all others, contain mild abrasives in order to remove surface stains. There are some teeth whitening toothpastes that may have additional polishing agents and some chemicals that clean stains more effective than regular ones. After using whitening toothpastes you can see the result that your teeth appear a little lighter, because of getting rid of stains, actually they don't bleach out your teeth.