adolescents

Obesity Influences Orthodontic Treatment in Adolescents

Obesity can influence the supporting tissues around teeth during orthodontic treatment with fixed braces...

CDC Now Recommends Just Two HPV Vaccine Doses

Oral cancer rates among adults continue to climb due to the spread of the...

Staying Up Late Can Give Kids Cavities

Adolescents who stay up late are almost 4 times as likely to suffer from...

Advertising Influences E-cigarette Use Among Youth

Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man are long gone, but tobacco advertising still has...

HPV Rates Decline Among Young Women

The rates of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among adolescent girls and young women have...

UCLA Developing Oral Health Database

Clinically based health outcomes are objective and often used as gold standards. Yet patient-reported...

Tooth Wear Soars Among Chinese Teenagers

Adolescents aren’t known for oral hygiene. According to the National Institute of Dental and...

Scans Show Early Brain Growth in Breastfed Babies

“We’re finding the difference (in white matter growth) is on the order of 20...

Mother’s Emotional Health Impacts Children Later

A mother’s emotional health and education level will eventually affect her child’s oral health....

Early to Bed and Early to Rise: Study Suggests It’s Keeping Kids Leaner

It is widely accepted that the sleep patterns of adolescents are fundamentally different from...