Category: DENTAL

Research reveals a high prevalence of tooth and gum issues in teenage professional footballers in England

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The prevalence of tooth and gum issues among teenage (academy) professional footballers in England is high, finds research published in the open-access journal BMJ Open Sport

Cross-disciplinary research reveals oral microbiota as promising screen for autism spectrum disorder

A dentist performs an oral examination on a child participant, collecting her dental plaque samples. Credit: The University of Hong Kong A cross-disciplinary research team from the Faculty of Dentistry

How dentists could help tackle obesity in children

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As a specialty registrar in pediatric dentistry, I’ve seen first-hand the pain children experience because of poor oral health. Tooth decay happens when teeth are damaged

RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits University of Utah to discuss Utah’s new fluoride ban and food additives legislation, Monday, April 7, 2025, in Salt Lake City. Credit: AP

Researchers combine 3D bioprinting with AI to personalize oral soft tissue grafts

The team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) utilises a 3D bioprinter to fabricate customised oral soft tissue grafts, integrating AI into the process, to optimise bioprinting parameters, enhance

AI dental assistant reads X-rays with near-perfect accuracy

Sample dental X-rays or dental panoramic radiographs (DPRs) as seen by the YOLO 11n deep learning model, which is able to identify tooth structures with up to 98.2% accuracy. Credit:

With few dentists and fluoride under siege, rural America risks new surge of tooth decay

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the wooded highlands of northern Arkansas, where small towns have few dentists, water officials who serve more than 20,000 people have for more than a

Utah becomes first state to ban community water fluoridation

With a new law, signed by Gov. Spencer Cox on March 27, Utah has become the first U.S. state to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water, The

Going to the dentist is expensive. Here are 3 things you can do to protect your oral health—and 3 things to avoid

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Around 1 in 3 Australians delayed their visit to a dentist in the last financial year—or didn’t go at all—due to cost. Given it doesn’t look

Fresh breath starts with healthy gums

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Bad breath can be an unwelcome distraction in social and intimate moments. Whether you are on a first date, attending an important meeting or simply spending