Individuals with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease have significantly poorer health than their peers and evidence suggests inadequate oral hygiene practices as a major contributing factor.

Generational differences are evident in various areas of life, such as the workplace and parenting styles, but there is a similarity when it comes to how baby boomers, Gen X, and millennials approach oral health.

Maintaining oral health during pregnancy is critical, as untreated dental disease may lead to birth complications.

A new research study published in the journal PloS One has found that using, or “vaping,” sweet e-cigarettes may increase the risk of dental caries.

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York, has awarded a $125,000 grant to the nonprofit organization Dental Lifeline Network (DLN) to address the many patients currently waiting to receive oral health care in the state of…

A new study published by the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) helps inform oral health professionals when answering patients commonly asked question: Should I brush or floss first?

As the need for greater access to oral health care continues to increase in low-income and rural communities across the United States, so has the demand for states to recognize the role dental therapists play on an oral health care team.

A high number of low-income students ages 6 to 11 (6.5 million) are lacking dental sealants due in part to state-based regulations and policies that limit or prohibit dental hygienists from sealing children’s teeth at schools, a recent Pew…

Compared with the general population, patients at risk for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) demonstrate higher levels of periodontal bacteria before evidence of the chronic inflammatory joint disease presents itself.

A University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine (Penn Dental Medicine) study has identified the Foxo1 protein as being key to angiogenesis (blood vessel formation), a process that’s crucial to wound healing.