Colibactin, a toxin produced by bacteria that often live in the gut, is linked to some cancer mutations.

This information is from the article Preventing the Spread of Mumps By Michelle Wood, RDH, MS and JoAnn R. Gurenlian, RDH, MS, PhD, AFAAOM. To read the article, click here.

Patients are returning to the dental office, with 99% of practices open and patient volumes hovering at nearly 75% of pre-pandemic rates, according to the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute. This healthy recovery may be…

This information is from the article Genetic Disorders and Oral Health By Rebecca Maginot, MS, Vanchit John, BDS, MDS, DDS, MSD, Christopher Dvorak, MS, LCGC and Daniel Shin, DDS, MSD. To read the article, click here.

Research shows that those who experience the most severe COVID-19 symptoms are often obese. A recent meta-analysis of nearly 400,000 patients published in Obesity Reviews found that people with obesity and COVID-19 were 113% more likely to…

ADASRI, University of Pittsburgh to develop pain management guidelines in dentistry with focus on role of opioids.

Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has received a $1 million donation, as well as a team of Google fellows—including software engineers and researchers—at no cost to CMU, to support its COVID-19 forecasting project. The project,…

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter on September 10 to Pharmacy Plus Inc for fraudulently claiming its products are helpful against COVID-19. The company makes “COVID PACK” and “COVID ‘POSITIVE’…

Using a technique called next-generation DNA sequencing, researchers in Japan have identified a new bacteria thought to be a potential cause of dental caries.

Nursing homes that implemented staff training in oral health saw a 31% decrease in pneumonia cases compared to nursing homes that have not used the program, according to an article published in The Journal of the American Medical…