From hand instruments to high-viscosity glass ionomers, we deconstruct the ART technique and its place in dental care.

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We tested more than 60 oral hygiene products, from toothbrushes and toothpastes to tongue scrapers and mouthwashes. These 11 ...

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Publishers trying to block AI chatbots from scraping their content are being offered “Terms of Content Use” language to warn would-be scrapers. Raptive, which represents more than 6,000 creators and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An Egyptian wrestler is hoping he has set a world record after pulling a 700-ton (635,000kg) ship with his teeth. Ashraf Mahrous, 44, pulled it across the water in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada ...

A wrestler from Egypt is hoping to smash a world record after pulling a 700-ton (635,000kg) ship using just his teeth. Mahrous, known 'Kabonga’ or 'strongman', later pulled two ships jointly weighing ...

TikTok is full of at-home hacks promising a whiter smile in minutes. But do they actually work? According to dentists, the answer is both yes and no. Some are harmless optical illusions that give a ...