Researchers have found in an umbrella meta-analysis that probiotics supplementation may positively influence periodontal ...

When visiting the dentist, you might remember being poked and prodded by a thin metal instrument to check your teeth and gums ...

As an alternative to periodontal probing, wherein a dentist probes a patient's gums with a thin metal tool to identify signs ...

Periodontal probing and charting: Even if a patient has no signs of periodontal disease, it is sound practice to have something noted about the patient's periodontal condition -- even a short note ...

This technique, called periodontal probing, is used to look for signs of gum disease. Now, researchers publishing in ACS Sensors report a toothbrush-shaped ultrasound transducer that can provide a ...

Periodontal disease is an epidemic trend, according to the authors of a systematic review published on August 20 in the Journal of Dentistry. More than one-third of pregnant people experience ...

A review of literature shows a strong relationship between stress and periodontal diseases: 57 percent of the studies included in the review showed a positive relationship between periodontal ...

Periodontal disease severity (as assessed by the above markers) was associated with higher rates of incident low eGFR (mean change in eGFR was -0.39 mL/min/1.73 m 2), with patients who had at ...

Common oral infections, periodontal diseases and caries, are associated with inflammatory metabolic profiles related to an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases, a new study by an ...