New research shows that 'hacking' the communication channels between microbes in the mouth could boost levels of beneficial ...

Dentists battle tooth decay and gum disease on a daily basis. Now British researchers have lent them a hand by discovering a new species of bacteria that could be a possible contributor to both.

A common mouth and gut bacteria may be linked to a higher risk of stroke, found a new study. The findings may pave the way for rapid tests to calculate stroke risk alongside preventative measures. The ...

Periodontitis is widespread and can have serious consequences for overall health. Researchers at Fraunhofer have identified a ...

(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 ...

Collaborating researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and the Adams School of Dentistry and Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North ...

Cleaning teeth. Image by Tim Sandle. Cleaning teeth. Image by Tim Sandle. University of Pennsylvania microbiologists had long been pondering that another bacterial species was involved with tooth ...

Collaborating researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of North Carolina are highlighting the discovery of a bacterial species that they reported plays a major part in ...

Researchers have discovered a species of bacteria, Selenomonas sputigena, which plays a significant role in tooth decay. S. sputigena has previously been linked to gum disease, and it's long been ...

PHILADELPHIA, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Collaborating researchers from Penn Dental Medicine and the University of North Carolina (UNC) have discovered that the bacterial species Selenomonas ...

People love a conspiracy theory, and the field of dentistry isn’t immune to shifty speculations. One notion currently tumbling around the socials is the idea that all decayed teeth can be healed ...