A growing body of evidence highlights the critical link between oral health and overall well-being. Yet, despite the importance of preventive care, childhood tooth decay remains a persistent issue — ...

The Luzerne County Community College dental health department and the Northeast Pennsylvania Dental Hygiene Association (NPDHA) recently held a Kids’ Cavity Prevention Day at the college’s Dental ...

One preventive treatment increasingly recommended by Dr. Thompson is Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) a non-invasive solution used to help stop or slow tooth decay in children. One preventive treatment ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tooth decay can begin very early in a child’s life. If five states ban fluoride in drinking water, the costs to Medicaid for a ...

The diet of young children plays a pivotal role in shaping their long-term health, particularly their oral health. As toddlers begin transitioning to solid foods around six months of age, their eating ...

Children who don’t go to the dentist are less likely to participate in school-based cavity prevention programs, according to research published in JAMA Network Open. In addition, the study found that ...

Two topical treatments applied to kids’ cavities can stop the majority of them from progressing for years, according to a study led by NYU College of Dentistry and published in JAMA Network Open.

An estimated 25.4 million more teeth will result in tooth decay in the next five years if fluoride is banned from the U.S. public water supply, according to a recent model simulation. The study also ...

The long-term effects of banning fluoride from public drinking water across the country could cost families billions of dollars and result in millions of rotten teeth, a new analysis predicts. The ...

Tooth decay is one of the world’s most common chronic diseases, yet many of the tools used to fight it have changed little in decades. Fluoride, alcohol-based rinses, and antiseptic ingredients ...