Weighing the Effects of Obesity On Orthodontic Tooth Movement The effects of obesity on oral and systemic health are well understood. Obesity can be a contributing factor in periodontitis, diabetes, and perhaps even orthodontic tooth…

Students' Oral Health Improves in Sugar Restricted Environments In an attempt to improve the oral health status of children in a socioeconomically challenged area of South Auckland, New Zealand, researchers implemented a healthy food policy…

New Research Examines Factors That Control Oral Immune Responses According to a study published online in Immunity, barrier sites in the body—including the skin, oral cavity, and intestines—routinely host harmful substances and infectious…

Clinicians Warned of Toxic Substance in Teething Tablets While over the counter teething gels and teething tablets have been controversial due to the numbing action that can also numb the throat and, thus, hinder swallowing, the United…

Report Verifies Older Americans Often Lack Dental Insurance Just 12% of older Americans have access to dental insurance, and less than 50% of this population visited an oral health professional in the prior year, notes a survey from Johns…

Scientists Discover What Prompts Double Helix DNA Strands to Open Scientists have long sought to discover what prompts double helix DNA strands to open and replicate. Now, researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los…

Evidence Suggests Oral Bacterium Contributes to Rheumatoid Arthritis Researchers have new evidence suggesting that microorganisms responsible for chronic inflammatory gingival infections may also trigger rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The…

Research Shows Stem Cells Can Regenerate Pulp Like Tissue Using a novel delivery approach, researchers report successfully introducing stem cells to damaged dentinal roots and regenerating pulp like tissue. The team from Tufts University…

Researchers Coax Plants to Produce Proteins Useful in Vaccine Development Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine’s departments of Biochemistry and Pathology have utilized codon optimization to create a…

Many Long Term Care Patients Refuse Oral Health Services The perception that if you don’t have pain, you don’t have a problem appears to apply to patients at long term care facilities, according to University at Buffalo (UB) researchers,…