Objectives This study aimed to explore the relationship between oral health and the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of parents and teachers of kindergarten students towards oral health.

Dental floss is a common tool for cleaning teeth, however, not everyone knows how to use it properly. Below are instructions ...

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Smart dental floss with cortisol sensors lets users monitor stress levels, potentially transforming personal health tracking.

Developed by researchers at Tufts University, this innovative dental floss does more than clean your mouth. It collects your saliva and measures cortisol, a hormone linked to stress, in real time.

Researchers at Tufts University have designed a dental floss pick that measures the stress hormone cortisol in real time. The Tufts dental floss pick has a sensor that can assess stress levels - Atul ...

Their design of a saliva-sensing dental floss looks just like a common floss pick, with the string stretched across two prongs extending from a flat plastic handle, all about the size of your ...

It could possibly detect multiple issues at once. open image in gallery The engineered dental floss pick has one string stretched across two prongs, like normal floss picks. However, it also has ...

Now, engineers at Tufts University have developed an alternative that’s simple, affordable, and seamlessly blends into a daily habit: dental floss. Sameer Sonkusale, a professor of electrical ...

The new floss-based device from Tufts University would help users monitor their levels of this crucial hormone as part of their daily dental-health routine. The simple tool consists of a commonly ...