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

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

Levels of tooth decay among adults in England are now similar to those last seen more than 25 years ago, according to new figures. More than four in 10 people (41 per cent) had obvious signs of rotten ...

After years of struggling with her dental health, Bri Over is turning to TikTok for help. Over, 23, who is from Ashland, Ohio ...

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 ...

Sustained high blood sugar levels caused by diabetes and other factors raise the risk of tooth decay as sugars in the blood are transferred to saliva, University of Osaka researchers have found. The ...

Experts warn that delaying routine dental care can quickly lead to cavities, pain, and infections that affect a child’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dental Hygienist Elizabeth Valdivia, right, cleans the teeth of Armani Allen, 2, as his mom, Nicole Nelson, of Long Beach, holds ...

People with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are prone to tooth decay, and a new study from Rutgers may explain why: Reduced strength and durability of enamel and dentin, the hard substance under ...