Hundreds of rural American communities face a one-two punch to oral health: a dire shortage of dentists and a lack of ...

Five year olds in Cornwall are living with shocking levels of tooth decay, according to official figures. Cornwall's data shows 34.8 per cent of five-year-old children have some type of tooth ...

Smoking and other tobacco use can cause oral health problems like gum disease and tooth decay. Tooth decay is the destruction of tooth structure and can affect both the enamel and the dentin layer ...

Photonics looks set to provide dentists with a convenient new way of analysing the mineral content of tooth enamel, an important indicator of the onset of dental decay. The strength of enamel ...

For decades, fluoride has been at the center of public health debates, hailed by experts as a crucial tool in preventing tooth decay while also facing scrutiny from skeptics who question its safety.