“I’ve seen dental records of this. Every tooth was black,” said Swedish journalist Thomas Kanger, who has written about the children. “I’m talking about every tooth damaged and it went on for years.” ...
The long-term effects of banning fluoride from public drinking water across the country could cost families billions of dollars and result in millions of rotten teeth, a new analysis predicts. The ...
A cheap cavity-fighting liquid typically used to treat sensitive teeth appears to work as well as dental sealants in preventing tooth decay, a new study finds. A single treatment of either silver ...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - You could be doing all the right things. Brushing your teeth twice a day, flossing and seeing the dentist every six months, but still end up with cavities. It can be ...
This article was written for our sponsor, the North Carolina Dental Society. Any food can lead to cavities but, if your children consume a lot of sugary foods and drinks, their teeth are at higher ...
ATLANTA - More than half of Georgia third-graders have dental decay, according to a 2001 study, and about 20% haven't been treated for it. But a school-based sealant program headed up by the Georgia ...
A growing body of evidence highlights the critical link between oral health and overall well-being. Yet, despite the importance of preventive care, childhood tooth decay remains a persistent issue — ...
I’m a general dentist at the 88th Dental Squadron. While I spend most of my days at Wright-Patterson Medical Center busting cavities and treating other dental diseases, I would like to bust some myths ...
As Halloween nears, you might be strategizing how to deal with your child’s annual sack of Halloween candy after a big night of trick-or-treating. It’s no secret that sugar is bad for teeth. But the ...
Today it sounds like a Halloween horror story, concocted to scare children out of eating too much candy. But in the late 1940s in Sweden, children and adults with mental disabilities were deliberately ...
The long-term effects of banning fluoride from public drinking water across the country could cost families billions of dollars and result in millions of rotten teeth, a new analysis predicts. The ...
Today it sounds like a Halloween horror story, concocted to scare children out of eating too much candy. But in the late 1940s in Sweden, children and adults with mental disabilities were deliberately ...