A balanced microbial flora contributes to stable dental and overall health; changes in the oral microbial community during pregnancy may have an effect on the oral health of the mother, the outcome of ...

Utah lawmakers are considering a program they believe could help prevent cavities in prison inmates and school kids by having ...

In 2023, the Catasauqua Borough Council voted to stop adding fluoride to the public water supply, a decision that has serious consequences. Utah and Florida have recently followed suit, choosing to ...

As more states ban fluoride in water and the HHS moves to take prescription fluoride off the market, here's what the research shows about how fluoride affects health.

A study warns that fluoride bans in public water systems may lead to 54 million extra decayed teeth and $19 billion in health ...

Removing fluoride from public water systems in the United States could have increased the prevalence of dental caries among children ... “mainly due to increased risk of tooth decay and ...

A new study projects what the effects of removing fluoride from water nationwide would be—and the findings are a dentist’s ...

Researchers estimated that removing fluoride from public water supplies would cost the United States $9.8 billion over 5 years to treat increased dental caries and tooth decay in children and ...

These hypothetical examples were chosen to mirror typical clinical examples that ranged from low to very high caries risk, with a variety of combinations of each of the observations and factors listed ...

Retainers are devices used to maintain the results of braces treatment and they require just as much care and attention as braces themselves Here’s ...

Fluoride is a common natural element found in water, soil, rocks and food. For the past several decades, fluoride has also ...