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Prevention Preferred in Fighting Children’s Tooth Decay

Drilling and filling might not be the best strategy for addressing caries in primary...

First Molars Carry a Lifelong Health History

A person’s first permanent molars carry a lifelong record of health information dating back...

Ancient Teeth Reveal a New Evolutionary Cousin

An international team of researchers used uranium series analysis to date teeth and bone...

Fossils Reveal Clues to Early Hominin Dental Evolution

Some of the dental features characteristic of Neanderthals were already present in an Early...

Sealants Prevent Caries With or Without Fluoride

A multi-centric split-mouth randomized clinical trial published in Caries Research assessed the effectiveness of...

Study Reveals 15 Million Years of Molar Evolution

Closely related mammals with similar diets tend to have similar teeth. Yet recent research...

School-Based Cavity Prevention Benefits from Combined Techniques

School-based prevention programs can substantially reduce children’s cavities. They also have emerged as an...

Cavity Detector Gets FDA Clearance

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded 510(k) clearance to the Ortek ECD...

Nanoparticles Penetrate Teeth to Deliver Drugs

Chris Ward, a student in his final year at the University of Manitoba College...

Scuba Divers Experience Dental Symptoms Underwater

Scuba divers risk more than the bends when they go under the sea. Research...