Our very own ‘atu’ or ‘pako’, as is popularly called by the Ibos and Yorubas, has now been fancifully branded ‘organic toothbrush’, ‘branch toothbrush’ in the western world and sold for around ...

A Dental Surgeon with Bethel Dental Clinic, Abuja, Dr Isikwei Uche, has said that the constant use of chewing stick to clean the mouth can wear out the surface of the teeth and the gum. Uche told the ...

Brush your teeth every day, dentists say. In Africa, that can mean keeping your toothbrush in your mouth all day long. Across the continent south of the Sahara, many people go about their daily ...