Today’s Dental News

Healthy Gums May Lead to Healthy Lungs

Maintaining periodontal health may contribute to a healthy respiratory system, according to research published...

Canadians Head to Mexico for Dental Procedures

LOS ALGODONES, Mexico—When Bernardo Magana arrived in Los Algodones as a young dentist in...

Tongue Piercings Worse With Metal

While metal tongue studs may have more flash than piercings made of plastic, a...

Bone-loss Medication Affects Dental Health

Since the 1990s, a class of drugs called bisphosphonates has been used to prevent...

US Marshals Seize Dental Devices From Florida Manufacturer

US Marshals, acting under a court order sought by the US Food and Drug...

Researchers Produce 3-D Map of Individual Atoms of Teeth

Teeth and bone are important and complex structures in humans and other animals, but...

Illiterate Indian Women Perform Root Canal Operation

Bhawri and Kesar Devi of Tilonia village in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district in India have...

Young People With Asthma Run a Greater Risk of Developing Caries

Children and adolescents with asthma have somewhat more caries and suffer more often from...

Dental Chain Now Close to Agreements with other Dentists

Allcare Dental, which abruptly closed last week, is nearing agreements with other dentists in...

New Device Set to Combat Fear of the Dentist’s Drill

An innovative device that cancels out the noise of the dental drill could spell...