Chewing ice is bad for your teeth because it can damage your tooth enamel, or the protective layer that shields your teeth from decay. You especially shouldn't chew ice if you have fillings, braces, ...

Biting fingernails, gnawing on pen caps and pencil erasers or chewing ice may be your way to deal with boredom or relieve stress, but oral health experts warn that it can lead to cracked, chipped or ...

When ice is swirling around the bottom of your cup, it can be tempting — and satisfying — to crunch your way through it. But there’s a difference between munching on the odd cube here and there and ...

Crunching ice seems harmless, but it damages teeth. University of Utah Health study reveals enamel cracks from chewing ice. These cracks lead to tooth sensitivity and broken fillings. Repeated ...

While some people have heard of pica - the mental health condition that causes people to want to chew or eat substances of no nutritional value such as paper, clay or dirt - fewer people have heard of ...