While toothpicks offer immediate relief for food stuck between teeth, they pose significant risks. Studies reveal they can damage gums, leading to recession, and even harm enamel and dental work.

'Toothpick grooves' in ancient fossil human teeth may not be from toothpicks after all by Ian Towle, Luca Fiorenza, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

Ian Towle receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC DP240101081). Luca Fiorenza receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC DP240101081). For decades, small grooves on ...

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In Hastings, you’ll find a built-to-scale replica of the original Dakota County courthouse made from about 5,000 perfectly placed toothpicks. The artist? 85-year-old Jerry Hackett. The courthouse, ...

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Ghana is known to be an import-dependent country due to its heavy reliance on foreign goods. According to statistics, Ghana imported items totaling about US$13.7 billion in 2023. This can be ...

A Colorado man unintentionally swallowed a toothpick mixed into his meal at a Greeley restaurant that later perforated his bowel, he alleges in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Mikel Salgado claimed he was ...

The toothpick doesn’t need explanation. It’s one of those items that’s so simple, so ubiquitous that recognition of what it is and what you’re supposed to use it for seems like innate knowledge. Even ...