The risks posed by poor oral health in pregnant women are great, making support of effective self-care for this population particularly important.

As more is learned about the oral-systemic link, the opportunity to improve patient care and health outcomes grows.

Lyme disease and other tickborne diseases can have devastating health effects, making early diagnosis critical.

Guided tissue regeneration offers new treatment possibilities in the field of periodontal therapeutics.

Preventive therapies and oral hygiene education before conception and during early pregnancy may help reduce the severity of periodontal diseases and the negative effects of inflammation on pregnancy.

While the evidence shows that periodontitis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases are linked, the reasons behind this association are still being investigated.

New understanding of the complex human bacterial ecosystem has great implications for both oral and systemic health.

This growing problem needs to be addressed across all health care fields.

Optimize your ultrasonic scaling technique to effectively remove subgingival calculus.

This increasingly common health problem exerts a variety of dental side effects that oral health professionals need to be prepared to handle safely and effectively.