Tooth decay and gum diseases affect most people. They can cause pain, difficulties with eating and speaking, low self-esteem, and, in extreme cases, may lead to tooth loss and the need for surgery.

If these methods were to be used by a dentist for a routine dental examination, out of 1000 tooth sites or surfaces seen: • the use of these methods will indicate that 336 tooth sites or surfaces will ...

Programs delivering fluoride varnish in schools significantly reduce cavities in children. That is a key finding of our recently published study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

A lack of oral health literacy among caregivers and access to dental services is driving tooth decay in young children ...

Root canal, despite being a common treatment, still has many murky misconceptions. Dentist dispels common myths to clear the ...

A 2023 randomized controlled trial in the Journal of Dentistry found that the bulk-fill base technique reduced procedure time ...

People with poor mental health face many challenges. One that's perhaps lesser known is that they're more likely than the overall population to have poor oral health.

He hides his smile in every school photo,” Jayden’s mother told me, holding up a picture of her 6-year-old son.

Although many different factors have been implicated in this observation, including refined flours, inactivation of vitamins by heating foods, and sugar intake, no single agent has been found ...

Despite being largely preventable, tooth decay remains the most common chronic disease among children in the U.S., and Florida is no exception. According to the most recent data available from the ...