Untreated tooth decay is Earth’s most common health condition. A biologist explains how farming, sugar and oral bacteria made ...

An innovative and inexpensive treatment could someday replace surgery for cavities, one of the most common dental conditions.

A simple liquid painted onto teeth in seconds can stop cavities without drilling, injections, or anesthesia, according to a major clinical trial involving young children. The inexpensive treatment ...

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A no-drill peptide treatment sounds like medicine, but Medicare classifies it by what it fixes, not how it works. Before Linda lets her dentist skip the drill, she needs to know who is actually going ...

For years, the most exciting thing a toothbrush could do was buzz at the two-minute mark or warn you when you were pressing too hard. Now, the newest brushes track where you brush, coach you on how ...

A freshly placed filling changes the tooth's immediate environment in ways the pulp, the nerve-rich tissue at the tooth's ...

With bluebird nesting box cleanup and placement time upon us, I thought I’d discuss them and the other cavity nesting birds. The Eastern Bluebird, and the Western and Mountain bluebirds in fact, are ...

Researchers have developed a revolutionary microscope that uses an incredibly powerful laser to make previously invisible ...

Limit frequent sugary snacks and drinks, drink water regularly, and maintain a consistent oral hygiene routine. Brushing with ...

Sealants are a staple of cavity prevention. Many of you have likely had the experience of having the grooves of your back ...

A numerical study using experimental comparisons found that reducing the thin-to-thick wall-thickness ratio intensified ...