Here’s How Soda is Killing Your Teeth Softly [INFOGRAPHIC]

April 19, 2013 // 2:37 pm

Remember all the times you lied to promised your dentist that you were definitely going to start flossing, bathe your mouth in fluoride, and absolutely, 100% for sure stop drinking soda . . . only to grab a large Coke the next time you hit the McDonald’s drive thru?…

25-Year-Old Man Gets Dentures After Soda Addiction Leaves Him Toothless

February 5, 2013 // 5:42 pm

After drinking one-and-a-half to two gallons of soda every day for three years, 25-year-old William Kennewell of Adelaide, South Australia was forced to replace all of his teeth with a set of dentures.

“I’m told a normal person has about 23 teeth, but. . . I only had 13 left…

Forking with Your Mouth: How Cutlery Gave Us Overbites

January 29, 2013 // 6:31 pm

While we were busy turning forks into weight loss tools, deadly weapons, and works of art, forks were busy changing us — by giving us overbites. Historian Bee Wilson’s new book Consider the Fork lays out archaeological evidence that human beings in the West didn’t develop…