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Where we live affects our dental health, as what we eat and how often we brush is a cultural issue first and foremost. But where we live also affects how often we go to the dentist for a checkup or for any sort of dental treatment.

I recently came across an intendedly helpful article from Good Housekeeping. The article has a rather helpful, but dated overview of at home tooth whitening products. Let me review this article briefly, drawing the still relevant information from it. It does need to be updated, however, to mention that peroxide based tooth whitening procedures are no longer approved by dentists, and are illegal in the UK.

Wisdom teeth are the bane of many people’s existence, as they seem to serve no other purpose except to get impacted, infected, and in general cause a ton of pain. They do not facilitate chewing much, but do increase the risk of crowding and the need for orthodontry.