The team utilized machine learning to analyze public data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Advertisements for special toothpastes, powders and gums suggest that it’s possible. Here’s what dental experts say. By Katie Camero Most of us know that the best defense against tooth decay — or ...

Fluoridated drinking water has come under fire in recent days, targeted by local activists and Cabinet member Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Medical consensus says fluoride is harmless at levels found in ...

If Wenjun Zhang has her way, no one will ever have to brush or floss again. Zhang, a UC Berkeley professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is trying to distinguish the healthy bacteria in ...

The importance of taking care of our teeth has been instilled in us since childhood. But new data reveals that levels of tooth decay among adults in England are similar to those last seen in 1998.

The secret to preventing tooth decay may have been hiding in your mouth all along. Increasing levels of an amino acid in saliva can turn bacterial biofilms from damaging to protective, a clinical ...