Preliminary study suggests regular dental flossing may lower risk of stroke from blood clots, irregular heartbeats

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Flossing your teeth at least once a week may be linked to a lower risk of stroke caused by a blood clot blocking brain blood flow

How to protect your child's teeth if your water lacks fluoride

For generations, fluoridated drinking water has helped safeguard the teeth of most American children. Yet recently, skepticism over this public-health measure has gained new traction, and some locales—including the states

Examining what smoking does to oral bacteria

Association between qualitative smoking habits (Never, Former and Current) and the salivary microbiota in the CHRISMB cohort. (A) Principal Coordinate Analysis on the Bray–Curtis dissimilarity at genus level. Confidence areas