Today's Dental News

New research backs up what many already knew: fluoride is beneficial in fighting tooth decay.

The report shows that fluoride works by making an impact on the adhesion force of bacteria that get caked on teeth and generate cavity-causing acid. The new information was determined after experiments concluded that fluoride lowers the ability of the bacteria to stick to the teeth. The bacteria can be washed away through brushing, saliva or other methods.

The information appears in the journal Langumir.

Read more: New Information Reaffirms Fluoride’s Benefits

Money problems for people in Ontario may have an impact on their dental health.

About 20 percent of people in the Canadian province are not seeing the dentist on a regular basis because they can’t afford to pay for it.

The Public Health Ontario survey showed that thousands of people are encountering poor dental health based on the lack of dental treatment.

Many people have decided to visit the emergency room with an infection or abscess based on the lack of dental care. The problem is that many emergency room doctors are not qualified to handle dental problems. They then only provide antibiotics or painkillers, which don’t solve the problems.

Read more: People in Ontario Don’t Visit the Dentist Enough

People with a bone deficiency may be in luck.

Researchers at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellon, Spain have created an implant coating with biodegradable material. This will serve to increase the success rate of implants. At the same time, the total time of osseointegration will be lowered.

The goal of this new material is to enable some people to go about their normal lives faster than they can now. For some people, the implant could take months to be anchored to the jawbone.

This material works by releasing silicon compounds during degradation, serving to promote bone generation.

Read more: Success Rate of Tooth Implants Rises

An ancient Incan remedy may have some practical value today.

The rainforest remedy has made it through the first two stages of clinical trials on its way to being utilized to thwart dental pain.

An anthropologist from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom spent time with the Keshwa Lamas people in the Peruvian rainforest. After spending time there, Dr. Francoise Barbira-Freedman pushed for the substance to undergo clinical trials.

The remedy comes from the Acmella Oleracea plant and has fared well thus far. The plant source is transformed into gel form for medical usage and the goal will be to reduce some anesthetic usage in the future.

Read more: Rainforest Substance May Sooth Toothache