saliva

Lockdown Leads to More Snacking

The lockdown could be having a negative effect on oral health, as 38% of...

Thicker Saliva Could Reduce the Spread of COVID-19

Researchers at the University of Central Florida are looking at changing people’s saliva to...

Interfering With BMP6 Activity Improves Sjögren’s Syndrome Symptoms

Interfering with the activity of a protein called bone morphogenetic protein 6 (BMP6) could...

Dental School Developing Rapid, Low-Cost COVID-19 Test

As dental practices prepare to reopen, clinicians will need to know if their patients...

CDC Infection Control Guidelines Catch Up With Need to Address Aerosols

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its Interim Infection Prevention and...

Salivary Cancer Test Gets US Patent

Oral biologist Vincent K. Tsiagbe, MS, PhD, of the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine has...

Chlorhexidine Mouthwash Could Make Saliva Significantly More Acidic

Chlorhexidine mouthwash significantly increases the abundance of lactate-producing bacteria that lower saliva pH and...

IADR Names Ruhl a Distinguished Scientist in Salivary Research

Stefan Ruhl, DDS, PhD, professor of oral biology at the University of Buffalo (UB)...

Saliva Can Be Used to Predict Excess Body Fat in Teenagers

Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) and the University of Campinas...

Saliva Test Improves Oropharyngeal Cancer Detection

Cancers in the back of the mouth and the upper throat often aren’t diagnosed...