Smoking marijuana can increase cavities, tooth loss and the risk of oral cancers — but you can take steps to protect yourself ...

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Margot Blair is undergoing intensive treatment for stage three tongue cancer following her diagnosis in July Jacob Wackerhausen/Getty Margot Blair from Dumfries, Scotland, is receiving treatment for ...

Earlier this year Margot Blair suffered from recurring mouth ulcers and tongue pain - eventually her tongue became swollen. She endured increasingly severe pain, which radiated from her jaw, through ...

Aylin Baysan is the third inventor of an ozone delivery system for the management of root caries. She is co-recipient of a Life Science Initiative Award of £50,000 to work on a novel bioactive ...

They can scupper your sleep, make mealtimes miserable and turn your favourite hot drink into an instrument of torture. Even holding a simple conversation can often be agony. Mouth ulcers, it’s fair to ...

Taping your mouth shut while sleeping might not sound appealing. But its proponents claim a vast array of benefits, from alleviating respiratory conditions to better-smelling breath and even a more ...

A baby had a heart attack, suffered internal burns and lost half his tongue after he accidentally drank household drain cleaner thinking it was milk. Sam Anwar Alshameri was just 13 months old when he ...

“It’s time for your lice check,” a woman who goes by “Ms. K” whispers directly into my ear as she starts running her fingers into my scalp and through each strand of hair. I’m in a dark room, Eastern ...

Do you wake up in the middle of the night and need to drink water? Or notice that your mouth constantly feels like it’s filled with cotton balls? You might have dry mouth (a.k.a. xerostomia), an oral ...

Don’t take a licking from spicy food. A team of researchers in China claims to have created an artificial “tongue” that can quickly detect spice levels in their food — and they used a well-known ...