Clinical Update

When a Headache May Be Serious

A minor headache is little more than a nuisance, but severe or unusual headaches...

Medicaid and Cleft Lip/Palate

Children with cleft lip and/or palate experience significant differences in obtaining dental care depending...

Filling Materials for Childhood Caries

Currently, there are so few useful studies on the pediatric filling materials that there...

Tooth Extraction Without Palatal Injection

The palatal injection is among the most feared by patients and causes more pain...

Stem Cell Transplantation and Type 1 Diabetes

A new study reports that the majority of patients with type 1 diabetes who...

Gene Network Used to Trace Origins of Early Tooth Development

Darwin had his finches, Morgan had his fruit flies, and scientists today have cichlid...

Major Breakthrough in Stem Cell-Gene Therapy

Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have provided the first proof in...

Oral Device Used to Treat Sleep Apnea

An 18-month study involving sleep apnea patients at the South Texas Veterans Health Care...

New Clue to Virulence of Candida Albicans

Candida albicans is the major fungus responsible for yeast infections, and it is also...

Sports Drink Consumption Can Cause Tooth Erosion

New York University (NYU) dental researchers have found that prolonged consumption of sports drinks...