SmileMakers and America’s ToothFairy: National Children’s Oral Health Foundation are raising money to buy toothbrushes for in-need children on Giving Tuesday, November 29. Through the
Adolescents living in mobile and trailer homes are more likely to smoke cigarettes and less likely to visit the dentist compared with kids living in
The vast majority of overweight and obese children show signs of gingivitis, according to a study in Diabetes Care. While the study was relatively small,
Fern Ingber, president and CEO of America’s ToothFairy: National Children’s Oral Health Foundation, has announced her retirement from the foundation. Jill Malmgren, the former chief
Healthy teeth and gums start before a baby is born, according to a session on oral health and pregnancy at the 2016 ADA annual meeting
In this two-part series, a nurse and a dietitian share why it is important to screen children for obesity within your dental practice and explain
In this two-part series, a nurse practitioner and a dietitian share why it’s important to screen kids for obesity within your dental practice and explain
The number of children who have been hospitalized for dental infections after having pulpotomies at a Southern California dental clinic has risen to 41. Health
Emergency department physicians may be overprescribing antibiotics for dental pain, according to a new review by two emergency physicians. Antibiotics don’t help some types of
The number of children who have been hospitalized for dental infections after having pulpotomies at a Southern California dental clinic has risen to 37. Health
Up to 29 children between the ages of 3 and 9 have been affected by the Mycobacterium outbreak at a Southern California dental clinic. There
Hawaii’s Department of Health said it released a new report that concluded elementary school children in the state have the highest rates of caries in