Snow Pearl Blog

First of all, we have to differentiate between fluorine and fluoride! Fluoride is a natural trace element and is found everywhere in our environment, for example in water and in many foods. Fluorine, on the other hand, is a poisonous and strong-smelling gas. The similarity of the two terms often leads to uncertainty and misunderstandings. You are sure to know a similar example from...

Parabens are preservatives that make toothpaste last longer and protect it from loss of quality. Although you don't normally swallow toothpaste, its ingredients, which are not always harmless, are nevertheless absorbed through the oral mucosa and thus enter the bloodstream particularly quickly. Since most people have no idea about this, they carelessly brush their mouths several times a day with toothpaste without knowing what...

"Triathlon is one of the most popular, well-loved and successful sports in Switzerland. That is why we have decided to support the athletes of Swiss Triathlon by helping them to maintain their oral health," says Dr. med dent Lorenza Dahm, owner of Snow Pearl. Many scientific studies have clearly shown that high-performance athletes have worse teeth. The reasons for this lie not least in...

What are wedge-shaped defects? Wedge-shaped defects can occur due to incorrect tooth brushing, such as horizontal scrubbing of the teeth. This gradually removes tooth substance. Wedge-shaped loss of tooth substance occurs particularly frequently in the border area between the neck of the tooth (tooth root) and the crown of the tooth on the outside of the tooth. When scrubbing horizontally, the bristles crowd together...