Do Americans or Brits Have Superior Oral Health? A team of researchers set out to determine who has superior smiles—Americans or Brits—and the results are surprising.  While popular belief in the United States is that those in England have…

Bluetooth Enabled Retainer May Improve Patient Compliance A retainer that collects data on patient usage is no longer a hypothetical—it is a prototype. Researchers from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry…

Research Sheds Light on Tonsil Cancer Current research demonstrates that most cases of tonsil cancers show evidence of the human papillomavirus (HPV), but HPV’s role in causing these cancers is not well understood. For this reason,…

Exploring Compromised Restorative Dental Cements A team of scientists at Queen Mary University of London and Aberystwyth University in Aberystwyth, Wales, have found that bioactive glass ionomer cements regain elasticity before fully…

Scientists Pinpoint Mechanism for Calcium to Enamel Transport Researchers at New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry have demonstrated for the first time the cellular mechanism for transporting calcium to dental enamel cells. While…

Novel Approach for Enamel Regeneration Once worn away, tooth enamel does not regenerate. And while many research efforts have been directed at creating a material that mimics enamel, no discovery to date has found one that compares with the…

The Correlation Between Diet and Periodontal Bone Loss Oral health and systemic health are intimately intertwined, so it is no surprise that obesity may impact periodontal bone loss. Researchers sought to investigate the impact of certain…

Nanodiamonds Shine for Root Canal Therapy Root canal therapy is designed to eliminate pulp infections and protect the affected area from future microbial invasion. And now, the material used to fill and seal infected pulp canals, gutta…

Chairside Oral HPV Test in Development Today’s patients often expect instant results, and now researchers are one step closer to developing a rapid oral human papillomavirus (HPV) test that could deliver chairside results. The test would…

Protein May Inhibit Periodontal Bone Loss Periodontitis affects more than 60 million Americans, according to the American Academy of Periodontology. It causes loss of alveolar bone around the teeth, which when left untreated, leads to tooth…