dental caries

Penn Dental and Engineering Launch Joint Research Center

The Penn School of Dental Medicine and the Penn School of Engineering and Applied...

WHO Passes Resolution on Oral Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) passed a “game-changing resolution” on oral health, according to...

Pediatric Dentistry Outpatient Care Center to Treat a Thousand Kids Each Year

The Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation Pediatric Dentistry Outpatient Care Center (ILCHF PD-OCC) will serve...

Healthy Adults Don’t Need Twice-Yearly Dental Checkups

Routine six-month checkups don’t improve the oral health of low-risk adults, according to a...

Project Aims to Help School-Based Dental Care Programs Reopen

Two professors at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine will spend the...

Advocates Call for Greater Integration of Oral and Systemic Health Policy

Oral health has been isolated from traditional healthcare and health policy for too long...

Researchers Identify New Bacterial Suspects Behind Dental Caries

Streptococcus mutans typically gets the blame for producing most tooth decay. Using next-generation DNA...

HIV Alone Not a Risk Factor for Cavities in Children

HIV infection increases the risk of cavities, recent studies report. But the risk does...

Achieving Oral Health Goals in 2020 and Beyond

A new decade is here, and with it comes a new opportunity to appraise...

Prevention Preferred in Fighting Children’s Tooth Decay

Drilling and filling might not be the best strategy for addressing caries in primary...