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How Smoking Hurts Your Mouth

Smokers risk many oral health problems including cancer, gum disease, and more cavities. Quitting can put the shine back on your smile.

Put Your Health Where Your Mouth Is

How oral health can affect your whole health

Rosemary

n Rosemary comes from the leaves of a plant called Rosmarinus officinalis. The active ingredient in the leaves is the essential oilessential oila...

Aloe Vera

Aloe vera’s use can be traced back 6,000 years to early Egypt, where the plant was depicted on stone carvings. Known as the "plant of imm...

Vitamin C

Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin, meaning that it remains in the body for a short time. Our body does not make vitamin C; instead, we get it fr...

Figwort

Figwort is a flowering plant found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Most species are found in Asia and a few species grow in Europe and North ...

Lemon balm

Lemon balm is a perennial, lemon-scented herb with pointed, heart-shaped or oval leaves, and small white or yellow flowers. It is from the same fam...

Dehydration

Two thirds of the human body is made up of water. That means that if a person weighs about 70 kilograms (154 pounds), their body contains abo...

Frankincense

Frankincense is an aromatic resin that comes from Boswellia trees. The resin is obtained by making a cut in the tree bark, then allowing the resi...

Fever

Although normal body temperatures can vary throughout the day, the average adult normal body temperature when taken by mouth with a thermometer is ...