While electronic cigarette explosions are relatively rare, they can cause serious harm. In a recent case, a Hawaii man suffered severe facial injuries and lost four teeth when an e-cigarette exploded in his mouth.

Matt Yamashita offered Honolulu-based KHNL television’s Hawaii News Now an account of what happened to him. Continue reading →

Mary Otto, a Washington, D.C.-based freelancer, is AHCJ's topic leader on oral health and the author of "Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America." She can be reached at mary@healthjournalism.org.