Oral vaccination isn’t new. Vaccines to protect against rotavirus — which causes diarrheal disease — are given to infants as ...

One study review in 2011 did credit floss with a slight reduction in gum inflammation — which can sometimes develop over time into full-fledged gum disease. However, the reviewers ranked the ...

A host of companies are disrupting the dental industry with everything from at-home orthodontic impressions to coconut-flavoured dental floss in Instagram-worthy packaging to a $290 toothbrush ...

Dental floss is a thread, usually nylon, which is also available as a tape. You use it to clean the crevices in between your teeth, where the bristles of your brush can't get to.

As we’ve mentioned before, dental floss has many practical uses beyond getting crud out from between your teeth. You can use it as thread, a stand-in for picture-hanging wire, and to support ...

Here’s how The floss pick system could also be adapted to track a wide range of conditions, including diabetes and cancer Julia Musto in New York Saturday 24 May 2025 07:52 BST ...