Background: Dental caries is a common chronic disease among children and adults alike, posing a substantial health burden. Caries is affected by multiple genetic and environmental factors, and prior ...

Dental researchers are trying to unravel a complex mix of physical and behavioral factors contributing to "meth mouth," a condition that often develops in the oral cavities of methamphetamine (MA) ...

Read before the American Academy of Dental Science, Jan. 1, 1908. By request of the Boston Society for the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis these illustrations and quotations from the text have been ...

Baltimore, Maryland...At the Opening Ceremonies of the 83rd General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), convening here today, Dr. Edwina Kidd, from the University of ...

Alexandria, VA, USA – The International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (IADR) has announced Eric Reynolds as the 2024 IADR Distinguished Scientist William H. Bowen Research in ...

Dental plaque biofilm is usually defined as communities of dental surface or interface attached oral microbes that wrapped in matrix. It serves as an initial factor of a sequence of oral diseases ...

Tooth loss is often the final stage of oral diseases like dental caries and periodontal disease, and has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and higher mortality rates, ...

The economic impact of dental caries (tooth decay) is disproportionately higher in the most deprived groups, new research finds. The economic impact of dental caries (tooth decay) is ...

Dental plaque is a complex microbial biofilm, not just food debris. The shift from oral health to disease is caused by changes in the balance of plaque’s microbial community, not just the presence of ...