Oral health

University Plans $15.5 Million Research Center for Oral-Systemic Health

Efforts to connect oral health to improved overall systemic health are ramping up around...

Pancreatic Cancer Risk Linked to Specific Oral Bacteria

Pancreatic cancer will kill more than 41,000 Americans this year, reports the Lustgarten Foundation,...

Dental Hygienists Support Systemic Health Screenings

Current research points to significant links between oral health and systemic conditions like heart...

Collaborative Dental Practice Targets Systemic Healthcare

With an eye on the influence that oral care has on systemic health, ProHEALTH...

UCLA Developing Oral Health Database

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

NIDCR Awards $2 Million to Study E-Cigarettes and Oral Health

As e-cigarettes grow in popularity, their long-term effects remain unknown, even though the water...

Periodontitis Linked to Higher Kidney Disease Mortality

Patients with chronic kidney disease and periodontitis have a higher mortality rate than patients...

Oral Bacteria Linked to Stroke Risk

Researchers at the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Osaka, Japan, have discovered a...

Gum Disease Rates Ranked State by State

February is Gum Disease Awareness Month, according to the Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry...

Parents Lack Pediatric Oral Health Awareness

When it comes to the sugar in natural fruit juice, only 54% of adults...