Sanna Charlie, DDS, is a San Francisco-based general restorative dentist and an assistant clinical professor for the Preventative and Restorative Dental Sciences at UCSF School of Dentistry. She is ...

Canker sores are vexing and common. The reason they occur isn’t clear, but your toothpaste could be a factor. An ingredient often used to make toothpaste foamy, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), has been ...

When it comes to canker sores (also known as aphthous ulcers), Elizabeth Graves, a registered dental hygienist and founder of Take Home Smile, tells Mic: “Although you cannot speed up the healing ...

SLS in toothpaste is a chemical compound also known as sodium lauryl sulphate. It is a key ingredient that is found in most toothpastes. It helps make that to the toothpaste thicken while removing ...

SLS-free toothpaste has become increasingly common on our supermarket shelves; but what is it, and should you be using it? SLS-free Toothpaste is free from a chemical called Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS ...

Q: I was troubled with recurrent canker sores for a while. The only thing that had changed was my toothpaste. I wanted whiter teeth, so I was using whitening toothpastes. I got canker sores when there ...

A dentist has warned that a common toothpaste ingredient could be playing havoc with people's oral health. Dr Ferakh Hamid has revealed it may lead to unwanted side effects like mouth ulcers and ...