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Having a piece of dinosaur history meant visiting museums or joining a fossil dig site. But today, fossil collecting is no longer just for scientists or museum visitors, as it has gone into the online marketplace. Dinosaur fossils, teeth, and other fossilised parts are now up for sale through various websites and social media sites,…
Zayn Malik revealed on ‘Call Her Daddy’ that Gigi Hadid reprimanded him for giving their daughter, Khai, $500 as a Tooth Fairy gift for her first lost tooth. Malik, who experienced financial hardship growing up, expressed his desire to spoil his child, stating it means ‘everything’ to him. Zayn Malik wants to give his daughter…
Same word, different mess, different threats The word plaque is doing a lot of work on social media, and that’s what makes it confusing.Tooth plaque is basically a sticky film that you can feel with your tongue when you wake up. It’s made of bacteria, food bits, and spit, all clinging to your teeth like…
Sudden blindness striking days after a routine tooth pull feels like a nightmare no one sees coming. This real case, handled by vitreoretinal specialist Dr. Ashish Markan, involved a diabetic woman with unsteady blood sugars who lost vision in one eye three days post-extraction. Exams confirmed metastatic endophthalmitis, a ferocious infection where pus and bacteria…
Shabana Azmi shared delightful insights into her husband Javed Akhtar’s and friend Naseeruddin Shah’s sweet tooth. Akhtar’s favorite is Gulab Jamun, with Mishti Doi and Milk Cake following. Azmi amusingly recounted how both men once devoured Khubani Ka Meetha with vanilla ice cream and Gulab Jamun, a pairing she found uniquely indulgent. Veteran actor Shabana…
Sweet potatoes are a versatile and nutrient-rich root vegetable that have so much more to offer than just boosting normal meals. This root crop has a sweet, naturally sweet taste that satisfies a high sugar craving without necessarily needing to add more sugar. Sweet potatoes have so much more to offer than just their delicious…
While our teeth do so much more than just chewing food, like giving us that confident smile, they could also be silent indicators of our health in general. Though many people think yellowing is strictly cosmetic, a colour change in teeth might sometimes denote deeper conditions medically. Paying heed to these signs could help in…
Imagine a future in which a missing or damaged tooth isn’t replaced with a crown, denture or titanium implant, but simply regrown — biologically — from your own cells. That possibility is inching closer to reality thanks to breakthroughs in regenerative dentistry. In April this year, a team at King’s College London (KCL), in collaboration…
Imagine a world where cavities could be reversed instead of being drilled and filled. That possibility is now closer than ever. According to a 2024 study published in Nature Communications, scientists have developed a glycerol-stabilised calcium phosphate gel capable of repairing early enamel damage by mimicking the tooth’s natural mineralisation process. This discovery represents a…
