In this June 27, 2006, file photo, some of the dental implants and tools produced in the IMTEC production facility are displayed in Ardmore, Okla. Dental implants are increasingly being used to replace missing or failing teeth instead of dentures or bridges, which can be uncomfortable and hasten further deterioration. Experts say dental implants, usually titanium screws inserted into jawbone and capped with a permanent crown, are long-lasting and the

by University of Saskatchewan USask College of Dentistry post-doctoral research fellow Dr. Lina Marin (PhD). Credit: University of Saskatchewan A University of Saskatchewan (USask) dentistry research team has proved the usefulness of a method of simulating tooth decay that can allow researchers to test new treatment options without a large expense. “Tooth decay places an immense burden on Canadian society, 14 to 17 billion per year is spent on dental caries-related

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Social media is used extensively to seek antibiotics, avoid dental treatment and provide support to people with toothache, according to new research. Dr. Wendy Thompson, a dental researcher from the University of Manchester, says users also reported turning to antibiotics when unable to access urgent dental services. The findings ring true with previous research by Dr. Thompson, who discovered that dentists increased dental antibiotic prescribing by 25% in

by Tohoku University The association between the prevalence of maternal postpartum depression at one month and the child’s daily tooth brushing frequency. Credit: Shinobu Tsuchiya et al A mother’s mental health may play a larger role in a child’s toothbrushing habits than previously thought. It is no secret that brushing your teeth twice a day is highly effective in promoting healthy teeth and gums. The International Association of Pediatric Dentistry advocates

Associate professor Maria Dolce, in collaboration with the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, is bringing nursing and dental students together to put into practice the role that oral health plays in overall health. Credit: Photo by Matthew Moodono/Northeastern University Primary care within a dental practice? It’s an interdisciplinary idea that has teeth: Your mouth, noted the U.S. surgeon general in the Oral Health in America report, provides a window into

by University of California, San Francisco A scientifically based approach that includes a tooth-decay risk assessment, aggressive preventive measures and conservative restorations can dramatically reduce decay in community dental practices, according to a study by researchers at UC San Francisco. The findings, which support earlier research demonstrating positive results of the assessment and treatment method in a university setting, have the potential to transform dental care for high-risk patients at a lower cost

The synthetic tooth enamel (pictured here) was two times harder than the softened control enamel. Credit: Janet Moradian-Oldak Dental cavities are the leading source of disability and pain: They affect 35 percent of the world’s population, with an economic impact in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Still, the methods for treating cavities and tooth enamel loss generally involve pain, cost—and drills. Janet Moradian-Oldak, a professor at the Herman Ostrow

Daniel Fried, PhD, speaks with Leon Chung, a dental research fellow in his lab. Credit: Susan Merrell Dental X-rays expose patients to radiation, require time to process, and can only “see” a limited amount inside the mouth. Now new optical techniques developed by UC San Francisco’s Daniel Fried, PhD, use light to take instantaneous digital images that can provide a better picture of our teeth and could one day zap

Dr. David Wong (Medical Xpress)—Scientists from the UCLA School of Dentistry have been at the vanguard of research on human saliva in recent years, leading the way in the dynamic, emerging field of salivary diagnostics, which seeks to catalog the biological makeup of saliva to help screen for and detect both oral and systemic diseases. Now, the Journal of the American Dental Association, a leading publication for dental professionals, has published

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Even if children grow up to overcome childhood adversity, the trauma they experience in early life causes them to be at greater risk for tooth loss, according to University of Michigan researchers. Haena Lee, a postdoctoral researcher at the U-M Institute for Social Research, assessed the impact of adverse childhood events on oral health—specifically, total tooth loss—later in life. These events included childhood trauma, abuse and, to a lesser extent,

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry have shown that new fluoride-free toothpastes with hydroxyapatite can provide equivalent protection to those containing fluoride. Kelsey O’Hagan-Wong, a second-year pediatric dentistry resident, was the first author of a review paper that investigated the efficacy of fluoride-free hydroxyapatite toothpastes on re-mineralizing and therefore repairing teeth. Through her research, she found that hydroxyapatite toothpastes appear to demonstrate either its superiority