Halloween candy tips to keep kids' teeth healthy
Halloween is all about costumes, candy and fun, but all that sugar can take a toll on your child's teeth.
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Stomatognathic Diseases: News and Research on Dental Caries
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Some towns are cutting fluoride from water supplies. Here's what this means for locals' teeth
Thousands of residents in Dubbo and Wellington, in western New South Wales, haven't had fluoride added to their tap water for nearly seven years.
Oct 8, 2025
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Why is it so shameful to have missing or damaged teeth?
When your teeth and gums are in good condition, you might not even notice their impact on your day-to-day life. Good oral health helps us chew, taste, swallow, speak and convey emotions.
Oct 6, 2025
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Researchers boost widespread use of dental varnish across pediatric network
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrated how a multifaceted intervention approach significantly improved the rate of dental varnish applications to help strengthen tooth enamel and prevent ...
Sep 18, 2025
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Do you really need a dental check-up and clean every six months?
Just over half of Australian adults saw a dental practitioner in the past 12 months, most commonly for a check-up.
Sep 4, 2025
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Arginine dentifrices significantly reduce childhood caries, clinical trial finds
A study in JDR Clinical & Translational Research demonstrates that arginine dentifrices reduce dental caries in children with active caries as effectively as or more effectively than a sodium fluoride dentifrice, depending ...
Aug 13, 2025
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Natural maple polyphenol found to inhibit tooth decay bacteria in new study
A new study in the journal Microbiology Spectrum highlights the potential of using a natural compound from maple to combat the bacteria responsible for tooth decay: Streptococcus mutans.
Aug 7, 2025
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Study finds persistent barriers keep adolescents from achieving better oral health
While overall dental health among young children in the U.S. has improved over the last two decades, adolescents have not experienced the same gains. A recent study in Western New York led by Rubelisa Oliveira, DDS, assistant ...
Aug 4, 2025
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Kids need to floss too, even their baby teeth. But how do you actually get them to do it?
A survey from the Australian Dental Association out this week shows about 3 in 4 children never floss their teeth, or have adults do it for them. Many of the survey respondents thought it wasn't worthwhile for baby teeth.
Jul 31, 2025
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Early challenges to the immune system disrupt oral health
Modupe O. Coker from the School of Dental Medicine and a collaborative team of researchers identified changes over time in the oral microbiome of children living with HIV, offering insights into how early immune challenges ...
Jul 30, 2025
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