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  2. When are kids old enough to chew gum — and what happens if ...

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    The best chewing gum for kids is one that’s sugar-free and contains xylitol. “Xylitol is a naturally occurring sweetener and can increase the saliva in the mouth and actually help to prevent ...

  3. Young Males Are Chewing ‘Facial Fitness Gum’ for a Chiseled ...

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    Ultimately, Kopelman said the primary reason chewing gum is unlikely to yield a more defined jawline is that facial aesthetics are influenced by a combination of bone structure, skin quality, and ...

  4. Chewing gum - Wikipedia

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    Gum chewing is regarded as a helpful way to cure halitosis (bad breath). Chewing gum not only helps to add freshness to breath but can aid in removing food particles and bacteria associated with bad breath from teeth. It does this by stimulating saliva, which essentially washes out the mouth.

  5. Talk:Chewing gum - Wikipedia

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    Bodybuilders say chewing gum can help tone your jawline, where as others say constant chewing will only weaken your jaw over time. ... you can compare the size ...

  6. Chewing - Wikipedia

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    Chewing gum has been around for many centuries; there is evidence that northern Europeans chewed birch bark tar 9,000 years ago. Chewing, needing specialized teeth, is mostly a mammalian adaptation that appeared in early Synapsids, though some later herbivorous dinosaurs, since extinct, had developed chewing too. Nowadays, only mammals chew in ...

  7. Masticatory force - Wikipedia

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    Nankali studied chewing in multiple individuals. He found variation in the amount of masticatory force. [4] The masticatory forces changes at eating time according to mouthful characteristic and size. This has various effects on the maxilla and mandible via the teeth. The periodontal system automatically controls the measure of mastication force.

  8. Human jaw shrinkage - Wikipedia

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    Human jaw shrinkage is the phenomenon of continued size reduction of the human mandible and maxilla over the past 12,000 to 15,000 years. Modern human lifestyles and diets are vastly different now from what they were for most of human evolutionary history .

  9. Gingival enlargement - Wikipedia

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    Gingival enlargement has a multitude of causes. The most common is chronic inflammatory gingival enlargement, when the gingivae are soft and discolored. This is caused by tissue edema and infective cellular infiltration caused by prolonged exposure to bacterial plaque, and is treated with conventional periodontal treatment, such as scaling and root planing.