Mouthful

Oral health, minus the lecture

Most advice about your mouth assumes you already brush twice a day, floss nightly, and enjoy it. This is for everyone else.

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Dry mouth

"My Teeth Started Rapidly Detonating"

Teeth that were fine for thirty years don't start failing by coincidence. For a lot of people the cause is sitting in the pill organizer, and nobody mentioned it.

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Breath

Your Breath Is Made of Rotten Eggs, Cabbage and Roadkill

Three specific molecules cause almost all of it. One is rotten eggs, one is boiled cabbage, one is roadkill. Here's what's actually happening in there.

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When you can’t brush

6 Things People Actually Use Instead of Brushing

Water, a washcloth, gum, mouthwash, a spray, a dry brush. One of these is barely worth carrying and one wins outright. Here's the honest order.

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Mint & sensitivity

Your Toothpaste Isn't Spicy. It's the SLS.

If brushing feels like chili pepper, there's a specific ingredient behind it — and it isn't the flavor. Here's what people found when they went looking.

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When you can’t brush

"I Haven't Brushed My Teeth in Over a Month"

Somebody posted that. Hundreds answered. Here's what actually worked when brushing wasn't going to happen — ranked from worst night to best.