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Why do some people have crooked teeth and not others?

The development of the teeth and jaws is mainly controlled by the genetic factors inherit from the parents. Each individual, however, has a unique assortment of genes and it’s possible, for example, for a child to inherit large teeth from one parent and small jaws from the other, leading to overcrowding. Teeth in irregular position can, however, usually be aligned and made to bite together by the use of orthodontic appliances. Read the rest of this entry »

Does a high temperature help fight infection?

For the most part no, so far as we know. Only two types of infections have been shown to be inhibited in their growth by the sorts of temperature the body reaches during a fever, and these are the two venereal diseases syphilis and gonorrhoea. My temperature always seems low, does this mean that i am never at my best?

No it is quite normal for your temperature  to run a little lower than average. In fact, the normal range of temperature is quite wide-anything between 35.6C-37.2C (96F-99F). If you are exercising quite hard, does the temperature of your body go up? Yes. But there is a wide difference between the temperatures of various parts of the body. Read the rest of this entry »