Fortunately, treatments like dental cleaning and medications can help improve symptoms. There are two overarching types of ...

Measuring levels of key proteins in patients' saliva may be a relatively easy way for dentists and even patients themselves to track the progression of gum disease (periodontitis), suggests a new ...

"These differences suggest that periodontitis may negatively affect brain function even in normal cognition," concluded the research team led by Xaiohu Li, an associate professor of radiology with ...