Please help me brush my teeth more regularly. I have a lot of shame about this issue, so please be gentle. [more inside]
posted by Why hello, I am a sock puppet on Mar 28, 2012 - 67 answers

Elephant with stuff in his ears, villains plotting to dirty a PI's teeth, and a man crawling under descending cardboard smoke: help me find footage of these early-80s PSAs. [more inside]
posted by longtime_lurker on Feb 16, 2011 - 1 answer

My son and his dad (my former husband) never have bad breath. How is this possible? [more inside]
posted by Srudolph on Jul 17, 2010 - 6 answers

How careful do I need to be with eating and brushing around a large temporary filling from a root canal in progress? [more inside]
posted by I, Slobot on Jul 1, 2009 - 9 answers

How do I take better care of my pearly yellows? [more inside]
posted by The ____ of Justice on Jun 15, 2008 - 19 answers

Gross-ness-filter: My teeth are in pretty bad shape in terms of stains and fillings, what are my options? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 29, 2007 - 10 answers

Visited the dentist today. It was suggested that I needed "scaling and root planing" to cure my periodontal disease. That and a "rota-dent" toothbrush. Would these really help, or would I be better to just floss from now on? [more inside]
posted by gavia on Feb 20, 2006 - 21 answers