An international collaboration of researchers have successfully adapted a Japanese oral health screening tool for use among English-speaking older adults in the United States, potentially enabling earlier detection of oral frailty—an age-related decline in oral […]
The International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research have published an editorial exploring the benefits of open data in the Journal of Dental Research […]
Millions of people worldwide suffer from gum disease, yet we still don’t fully understand how healthy gums turn into damaged, scar-like tissue. Researchers are using cutting-edge single-cell technology to map every individual cell in the […]
It’s well established that gum disease and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are strongly linked. But what wasn’t known, until a recent study, was that the two churn through a vicious cycle, feeding off each other and […]
Day or night, many of us grind or clench our teeth, and don’t even realize we’re doing it. Here are three questions to ask yourself.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
When the calendar flips to a new year, many of us aim to use this blank slate as the time to (finally) lose weight, drink less alcohol, hit the gym regularly or generally adopt healthier […]
Jaw pain shouldn’t be a mystery, yet for one in 15 people living with Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD), care can be fragmented, confusing, and at times outdated.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Poor oral health may increase dementia risk through both biological and social pathways, as reported by researchers from Science Tokyo. Drawing on recent epidemiologic research, the team highlights how eating and speaking difficulties might act […]
A new study has found that insufficient dietary lycopene intake is associated with a significantly higher risk of severe periodontitis among U.S. adults ages 65 to 79, with differences in risk patterns observed across race […]
An artificial saliva in the form of a mouthwash, produced with the CANECPI-5 protein extracted from sugarcane and modified in a laboratory, can aid in treating teeth in patients with head and neck cancer. In […]
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