New oral anticoagulants can be administered in fixed doses without coagulation monitoring, streamlining care for many patients. Their popularity has grown over the past 5 years, highlighting the need for clarity on patient management and…

The dental endoscope is a subgingival viewing system that includes a fiber optic lens for relaying images, a water irrigation source, imaging electronics, and a monitor.

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) represents a rare group of inherited connective tissue disorders involving the biosynthesis of collagen—the major protein building material in the body.

Replacing missing teeth with dental implants has become more common than ever before in adults. However, the presence of diabetes can impact outcomes.

In spite of dentistry’s evidence-based recommendations and outreach efforts, many young patients frequently and persistently develop interproximal and other smooth surface caries lesions.

One of the most important aspects of treating oral diseases is to ensure patients are free from pain during therapy. Because of this, many methods, techniques, agents, and equipment are dedicated to improving the patient and clinician…

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex multisystem disorder of idiopathic origin characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and tenderness. It is the most common cause of chronic whole-body pain in the United States and affects 3% to 6% of…

A notifiable infectious disease or condition necessitates regular, frequent, and timely information about individual cases of this disease in order to prevent and control it.

Dental caries affects a large proportion of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children before they begin school, and at levels of severity that surpass other population groups.

About half of the individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) in the United States are children and adolescents younger than 18. Historically, dental caries may not have been a high priority health problem among those with CF because of shortened…