Study suggests dental professionals can play a crucial role in identifying signs of chronic disease

Credit: Anna Shvets from Pexels Dental professionals can make a marked and positive difference to public health by being trained to spot some of the key markers of chronic disease,

Researchers link tooth loss to increased obesity risk

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An analysis of medical records from 1,765 older adults shows that patients with at least 21 teeth were more likely to maintain a healthy body weight

Study mapping entire genome of oral stem cells opens new doors for regenerative medicine

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