Essential Tips for Dental Care Maintaining dental hygiene is crucial for overall health. Many individuals often overlook the ...

Treating patients who have spent years—sometimes decades—avoiding dental care because of fear, disability, trauma or painful ...

(NAPSI)—Regarded by many as one of the oldest medical professions, dentistry has been practiced for thousands of years. Over ...

Overprotective parenting (OP) style may adversely affect pediatric oral health and clinical management. A cross-sectional study conducted in Netherlands showed that higher levels of OP were associated ...

Dental caries, more commonly known as tooth decay or cavities, is the most widespread disease globally, affecting more than half of the world’s population. It cuts across all age groups, from young ...

Three hundred orphans in an asylum near Ann Arbor, Mich, raised a tumult of delight last week when they learned that Professor Russell Welford Bunting, University of Michigan oral pathologist, had ...

Removing fluoride from drinking water could lead to more cavities in kids and higher health care costs, a new analysis suggests. Researchers estimate that if five states stop adding fluoride to public ...

The National Dental Director for UnitedHealthcare Dental talks about the importance of keeping kids' teeth healthy. For more tips, click here. The National Dental Director for UnitedHealthcare Dental ...

As long ago as George Washington’s time, slaves were subjected to tooth pulling so that their masters could get a replacement for a missing tooth. Now Dentist Ernest M. Pafford of Phoenix, Ariz, has ...

Living a long and healthy life is the goal, and now, according to science, we might be able to predict the possibility of that future simply by looking at a person's teeth. We're so used to the idea ...

Recent studies have found that dental health is associated with overall health and life expectancy. Decayed teeth and oral frailty (which includes symptoms such as dry mouth and difficulty chewing) ...

In Japan’s aging population, dental visits are taking on a new role. Beyond cavities or dentures, the condition of a person’s teeth may reflect their overall health—and even their chances of survival ...