Researchers at the University of Washington School of Dentistry have identified a third type of oral inflammatory phenotype that exhibits a delayed response to bacterial accumulation.

In December 2020, COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States with heart disease and cancer filling the top two spots, respectively. In July 2021, COVID plummeted to the eighth leading cause of death as mass…

National Brush Day is November 1st! The Dental Trade Alliance has provided marketing materials to make it easy for clinicians to promote improving oral health.

During the first week of September, more than 250,000 children contracted COVID-19 in the United States, representing the highest number of weekly pediatric cases ever reported since the global pandemic commenced in March 2020.…

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) v-safe program enables Americans who have received their first COVID-19 vaccination to provide valuable information on their experience with the swipe of their…

Visits from the Tooth Fairy motivate children to practice good oral hygiene habits, according to Delta Dental’s Original Tooth Fairy Poll.

While the American Dental Association stopped short of supporting a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for oral health professionals, a coalition from 57 organizations, including the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA), signed a joint…

A large-scale study of more than 1 million participants shows the risk of long-haul COVID-19, or the persistence of symptoms after the infection has resolved, is drastically reduced among those fully vaccinated. The British study, published…

Research presented during the 99th General Session and Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) highlights the therapeutic role cannabidiol (CBD) may eventually play in treating oral ulcers.  According to the…

With the Delta variant continuing its swift spread and reports of declining immunity months after COVID-19 vaccination, United States public health officials are suggesting that vaccinated Americans—who comprise just over half of the…