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Erosive Tooth Wear Provides Clues to Eating Disorder Diagnoses

Each year, National Eating Disorders Awareness Week supports individuals and families struggling with anorexia...

Eating and Drinking Habits Impact Tooth Erosion

Whether or not you suffer from tooth erosion depends on how you eat and...

Canary System Beats Other Methods in Measuring Lesion Depth

Visually, tooth decay may appear as a white or brown spot, but assessing its...

Improved System Preserves and Transports Avulsed Teeth

The success of replanted avulsed teeth depends on strict conformance with the appropriate treatment...

Plaque and Microbes Defeated by New Dental Material

Plaque can grow on composite materials just as it grows on enamel. Yet a...

Alzheimer’s Drug Can Be Used to Treat Common Cavities

Earlier this year, researchers at King’s College London developed a new method of tooth...

X-Rays Reveal Vitamin D Deficiencies

Human teeth hold vital information about vitamin D deficiencies, a serious but often hidden...

Study Reveals How Caries-Causing Bacteria Survive in Dental Plaque

Extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) play a central role in the survival capabilities of caries-causing bacteria...

The Occlusal Caries Biopsy Helps Preserve Teeth

Are you under-diagnosing or over-treating occlusal caries, or delivering conventional posterior composites when you...

NIDCR Seeks Input into Research Topics

As part of its budget planning process for the 2019 fiscal year, the National...