A 2023 randomized controlled trial in the Journal of Dentistry found that the bulk-fill base technique reduced procedure time ...

Overall caries incidence in enamel was 4 new lesions/100 surface-years (NL/100), and decreased over the period. Incidence of progression from enamel to dentine was 4.7 NL/100 and also decreased.

[2] Bacterial reduction in sealed caries lesions is strain- and material-specific. Scientific Reports (2018). [3] Evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the use of pit-and-fissure sealants.

Familiarity often causes people not to consider the tongue as a special organ. For instance, Western medicine focuses more on ...

The objective of this study was to compare two new non-cavitated caries lesion detector methods, LumiCare (LC) and BlueCheck (BC), to each other and to the traditional visual/tactile method (TM) of ...

Bitewing imaging was done using the PSP digital sensor. Five examiners reviewed the images, and lesions were recorded. Caries diagnosis indicators and paired-sample t-test were used for statistical ...

Objectives This study aimed to explore the relationship between oral health and the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of parents and teachers of kindergarten students towards oral health.

For years, we’ve been piling certain foods onto our plates, thinking we were doing our bodies a favor. Low-fat this, ...

The assessment of caries activity comprises the evaluation of etiological factors associated with the clinical examination of caries lesions. 2 Bacterial plaque, tooth and other biological factors act ...

Why is it important to improve the detection of dental caries (tooth decay)? Dentists often aim to identify tooth decay that has already advanced to a level which needs a filling. If dentists were ...

Scientists don’t know exactly why certain people with MS have more lesions in their brain or spinal cord. What they do know, says Dr. Reder, is that spinal cord lesions “are more common in the ...

New research suggests that removing fluoride from America's public water systems would increase tooth decay in children and costs for dental care. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F ...