United States Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, recently acknowledged that his efforts to convince e-cigarette companies to voluntarily stop marketing to youth have not been successful.
The major etiological factor in periodontitis, Porphyromonas gingivalis, may play a role in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease, according to an international team of researchers.
Boston University School of Public Health reports low-risk groups of teens are nearly nine times more likely to try traditional tobacco cigarettes after they’ve vaped.
Applying advanced principles of periodontal instrumentation to enhance mechanical debridement is key to meeting the goals of nonsurgical periodontal therapy.
Improved understanding of relevant genetic factors will help increase the precision of caries risk assessment and, ultimately, enable more targeted, personalized interventions that will effectively prevent and manage dental caries.
