Driving through downtown Dallas, you might see a striking banner hanging at the U-turn bridge, near the Walnut Hill exit on Central Expressway (US 75): “Stop Fluoridation!” Below it, other banners ...

The secret to preventing tooth decay may have been hiding in your mouth all along. Increasing levels of an amino acid in ...

Nursing caries, or early childhood caries, affects infants due to milk stagnating on teeth during feeding. Prevention ...

Tooth decay is the No. 1 chronic infectious disease affecting children nationwide, the CDC reports, and can begin as early as a child’s first birthday. The good news is, parents and caregivers can ...

Fluoride varnish, a dental preventive treatment, reduces the incidence of early childhood tooth decay in combination with dental health counseling for parents, according to a study by investigators at ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mary Dickerson-Lee, DMD, from Franklin Primary, joined WKRG to discuss early childhood dental care and how to prevent tooth decay.

Coffee is known to stain teeth, but new research has found that drinking black coffee in moderation actually helps to prevent the bacteria that causes tooth decay. The researchers found that coffee ...

The discovery that fluoride can help people maintain healthy teeth dates back to Colorado Springs in the early 1900s. That’s when a young dentist named Frederick McKay noticed brown staining on the ...

Fluoride varnish, a dental preventive treatment, reduces the incidence of early childhood tooth decay in combination with dental health counseling for parents, according to a study by investigators at ...

A Consultant Dental Public Health Specialist, Dr Aderonke Dedeke, has advised Nigerians to use toothpastes that contain fluoride and medium-textured toothbrush to prevent tooth decay. Dedeke, of ...