Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers have found an inexpensive tool that may help reduce rates of pneumonia for hospitalized patients—and it comes with bristles on one end. A new study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers from the ADA Forsyth Institute and University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill used single-cell transcriptomic analysis to successfully map dental pulp
Aging is associated with increased susceptibility to periodontitis due to the reduced expression of DEL-1. Credit: Niigata University Researchers from Niigata University and a University of Pennsylvania team have identified
Salivary levels of a macrophage activating factor (MAF), b macrophage chemotactic factor (MCF) and c macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) among healthy and gingivitis cases. ns not significant, *p p BMC Oral
A new study has found that oral condition affects psychological well-being in older adults via its infleunce on nutritional status and a person’s individual or environmental characteristics. Credit: Dr. Noriko
A remarkably effective case of decrease in virulent periodontal bacterial species and improvement of hyperglycemic status by gargling with mouthwash containing chlorhexidine. Credit: Saaya Matayoshi There is growing evidence that
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than a dozen bacterial species among the hundreds that live in people’s mouths have been linked to a collective 50% increased chance of developing head
Credit: eBioMedicine (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105001 Researchers at Umeå University have for the first time been able to show that individual variation in susceptibility to infection and bacterial flora together explain
Dental FearLess app. Credit: David Song/NYU Does the idea of sitting in a dental chair make your palms sweat? Or do you simply avoid making appointments altogether? You’re not alone.
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Oral cancers and precancerous mouth lesions are considered especially difficult to diagnose early and accurately. For one, biopsies are expensive, invasive, stressful for the patient and
