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Smiling woman using a Crescent Nest stainless steel tongue scraper in front of a bathroom mirror

How to Use a Tongue Scraper Without Gagging

Here's the step by step technique, positioning, breathing, and pacing.

How to Use a Tongue Scraper Without Gagging

Here's the step by step technique, positioning, breathing, and pacing.

Crescent Nest bamboo charcoal dental floss in a refillable glass jar on a marble bathroom counter

Is Your Dental Floss Full of Forever Chemicals?

Here's what PFAS actually are, how to check your floss, and PFAS free alternatives that work.

Is Your Dental Floss Full of Forever Chemicals?

Here's what PFAS actually are, how to check your floss, and PFAS free alternatives that work.

Spiky castor bean seed pods on a castor oil plant, the source of plant-based toothbrush bristles

Castor Oil-Derived Bristles

Most toothbrush bristles are made from fossil-fuel-based nylon. Ours are different. Here's the full story of how castor oil becomes the bristles in your Crescent Nest brush.

Castor Oil-Derived Bristles

Most toothbrush bristles are made from fossil-fuel-based nylon. Ours are different. Here's the full story of how castor oil becomes the bristles in your Crescent Nest brush.

Dental professional in pink scrubs holding a bamboo sonic toothbrush at Auckland City Orthodontics

Why Dentists Recommend Sonic Toothbrushes

From plaque removal to gum care, here is why dentists often recommend sonic toothbrushes.

Why Dentists Recommend Sonic Toothbrushes

From plaque removal to gum care, here is why dentists often recommend sonic toothbrushes.

Close-up of a woman smiling with naturally white teeth

How to Whiten Teeth Naturally

What the evidence actually supports, what to avoid, and how your daily brushing routine does more than you think.

How to Whiten Teeth Naturally

What the evidence actually supports, what to avoid, and how your daily brushing routine does more than you think.

Woman in a blue jumper touching her cheek in discomfort from gum pain

What Is Gum Disease?

Why it matters beyond your mouth, and the daily habits that prevent it.

What Is Gum Disease?

Why it matters beyond your mouth, and the daily habits that prevent it.