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Two dentists-turned-entrepreneurs say they're part of the most revolutionary development in children's dental care "since fluoride." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-california-dentists-crowns-kids.html Dentistry Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:50:01 EST news279800776 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Adelaide say any health warnings about soft drinks should include the risk of tooth decay, following a new study that looks at the consumption of sweet drinks and fluoridated water by Australian children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-sweet-tooth.html Dentistry Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:18:54 EST news278756327 (Medical Xpress)—Children have been shown to significantly prefer a new way of treating tooth decay that doesn't involve needles or drills. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-drill-less-technique-kids-dentist.html Dentistry Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:30:06 EST news278663391 A new review of existing studies points toward a potential role for vitamin D in helping to prevent dental caries, or tooth decay. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-associates-vitamin-d-tooth.html Dentistry Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:06:21 EST news273243970 Obesity and dental cavities increase and become epidemic as children living below the poverty level age, according to nurse researchers from the Case Western Reserve University and the University of Akron. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-link-obesity-dental-health-homeless.html Pediatrics Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:56:30 EST news272040980 A partnership between a New York City dental school and a local foster care agency has provided consistent dental care to more than 650 children, and may serve as a model for other dental school program curriculums. The success of Partners Against Caries (PAC), both for the participating foster children and dental school students, was outlined Oct. 21 at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-dental-school-foster-agency-partnership.html Pediatrics Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:40:01 EST news270014619 The answer to early childhood tooth decay could be just a phone call away, thanks to new research by the University of Queensland and Queensland Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-toddler-tooth.html Dentistry Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:52:34 EST news268383143 (Medical Xpress)—Child care center regulations in most states don't uphold the health standards set by the nation's leading pediatricians' group, missing opportunities to prevent tooth decay and obesity among millions of the nation's young children, suggests a recent study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-state-child-children-health-reveals.html Pediatrics Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:34:02 EST news267179577 (AP)—The City Council has voted to add fluoride to Portland's water, meaning Oregon's largest city is no longer the biggest holdout in the U.S. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-portland-ore-adding-fluoride.html Health Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:36:49 EST news266679377 (HealthDay) -- On grocery store shelves and kitchen counters alike, bottled water has become a staple of the American dietary landscape. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-bottled-kids-teeth.html Dentistry Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:20:35 EST news263038826 (Medical Xpress) -- Yale researcher Jose Cordova and Erich Astudillo from the University of Chile (and Founder of Top Tech Innovations SpA) have after working together, discovered a new molecule that kills the bacteria Streptococcus Mutans; long known to be responsible for breaking down sugars in food in the mouth and leaving behind lactic acid which corrodes tooth enamel leading to decay. The new molecule they call Keep 32 (after the 32 teeth in the average human mouth) has been found to kill the bacteria on contact. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-molecule-cavity-mouth-bacteria.html Dentistry Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:18:33 EST news261137881 Persistent dental plaque may increase the risk of dying early from cancer, suggests an observational study published in the online journal BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-dental-plaque-premature-cancer-death.html Dentistry Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:30:01 EST news258652083 What does mental health have to do with dental health? Quite a bit, according to Richard Heyman, PhD, and Amy Smith Slep, PhD, psychologists who joined the New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) in July 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-explores-effects-family-dynamics-oral.html Dentistry Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:07:43 EST news258206856 Almost all Swedes brush their teeth, yet only one in ten does it in a way that effectively prevents tooth decay. Now researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, are eager to teach Swedes how to brush their teeth more effectively. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-people-teeth-wrong.html Diabetes Tue, 15 May 2012 15:18:36 EST news256313898 (Medical Xpress) -- Scientists using nanotechology at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry have created the first cavity-filling composite that kills harmful bacteria and regenerates tooth structure lost to bacterial decay. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-scientists-dental-bacteria-remineralize-tooth.html Health Thu, 03 May 2012 16:30:01 EST news255280102 Scientists are reporting identification of two substances in licorice — used extensively in Chinese traditional medicine — that kill the major bacteria responsible for tooth decay and gum disease, the leading causes of tooth loss in children and adults. In a study in ACS' Journal of Natural Products, they say that these substances could have a role in treating and preventing tooth decay and gum disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-dried-licorice-root-bacteria-tooth.html Health Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:00:24 EST news244900745 (Medical Xpress) -- A new mouthwash developed by a microbiologist at the UCLA School of Dentistry is highly successful in targeting the harmful Streptococcus mutans bacteria that is the principal cause tooth decay and cavities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-mouthwash-cavities.html Health Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:47:28 EST news240662842 Researchers at the University of Leeds have discovered a pain-free way of tackling dental decay that reverses the damage of acid attack and re-builds teeth as new. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-drilling.html Health Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:42:35 EST news233318408 New parents have one more reason to pay attention to the oral health of their toothless babies. A recent University of Illinois study confirms the presence of bacteria associated with early childhood caries (ECC) in infant saliva. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-oral-babies-future-cavities.html Health Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:37:54 EST news232634237 Oral specialists at the University of Sydney's Faculty of Dentistry believe they have developed a program which will stop tooth decay in its tracks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-something-to-smile-about.html Health Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:48:38 EST news230399309 (Medical Xpress) -- Tooth decay is the most chronic disease among children. In one year, more than 51 million hours of school is missed because of tooth decay or other dental-related illness. And even when children with dental problems can attend school, research shows that these problems are distracting enough to impair classroom learning and behavior. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-children-dental-home.html Health Fri, 27 May 2011 11:38:11 EST news225715080