Assessing and addressing low oral health literacy can help improve patient adherence to recommendations and outcomes.

Understanding immune response is key to effectively detecting and managing the oral side effects of this treatment.

The efficacy of this technology as an adjunctive treatment for periodontitis and peri-implant diseases remains controversial.

While tobacco use continues to decline in adults, its prevalence is growing among young people, emphasizing the need for effective prevention and intervention strategies.

Providing dental care to pregnant patients is both safe and necessary to ensure the health of both mothers and infants.

Inflammation is the link that binds these two common maladies.

This complex neural tube defect causes a variety of impairments that can impact the delivery of dental treatment.

Staying abreast of the changing landscape of caries risk assessment, management, and prevention will help oral health professionals provide the highest quality patient care.

Oral health professionals play important roles in detecting and treating obstructive sleep apnea.

In order to safely and effectively manage this patient population, oral health professionals should be able to recognize the medical indications for which antiplatelets are prescribed and understand their adverse effects.