Thousands of young children have had decayed teeth removed in England's hospitals over the last four years. Analysis by the Press Association shows a steady climb in the numbers of children aged 10 ...

The secret to preventing tooth decay may have been hiding in your mouth all along. Increasing levels of an amino acid in ...

Oral frailty can shorten your life expectancy, so those dreaded visits, drills and all, really are for your own good.

There's growing evidence that the number of missing teeth a person has is an indicator of their risk of dying earlier than ...

COUNTING teeth is something you might have done as a child when your adult ones were growing in. But scientists say the ...

The discovery that fluoride can help people maintain healthy teeth dates back to Colorado Springs in the early 1900s. That’s when a young dentist named Frederick McKay noticed brown staining on the ...

Childhood stress may affect oral health in ways like increased caries risk, emphasizing the need for dentists to address psychological factors. This study was recently published in the Journal of ...

Having a greater number of missing or decayed teeth has been linked to a shorter life expectancy in a new study.

In Durham, 21 percent of students entering kindergarten come to school with tooth decay. By fifth grade, 39 percent of students in Durham have received dental sealants, which can prevent further decay ...

A Swedish study has found that underweight children are at three times greater risk of tooth decay as normal-weight children, according to a news story in the Local. Researchers at Malmö University ...

(CNN) — Two teeth from a man who lived approximately 4,000 years ago have been discovered to have an abundance of bacteria that primarily cause tooth decay and gum disease. The rare find could help ...