Don't put charcoal on your teeth and 4 other dental no-nos

Don't put charcoal on your teeth and 4 other dental no-nos

Once your adult teeth replace your childhood chompers, they are with you for life–a period that is a lot longer than it used to be.  “That molar that came in when you were six years of age, for most of human history, that tooth had to make it from six to 50, maybe 60 if you were really old,” says Matthew Messina, director of Ohio State University’s Upper Arlington Dental Clinic and Dental Oncology Clinic. “Now we’re expecting that same tooth to …