Researchers explore the pathogenic role of a surface protein expressed on Streptococcus mutans—a caries-causing pathogen—in IgA nephropathy The kidneys act as a filtering system in the human body that ...

Children’s microbiomes in their dental biofilms play major -- and previously unrecognized roles -- in dental disease, according to research published recently in Nature Communications. A team led by ...

While the benefits of sugar-free gum for caries prevention have been well documented in the literature, a new study has found that sugar-free chewing gum used as an adjunct to tooth brushing may ...

Annie Morgan looks at the cause and effects of dental caries and what role DCPs can play in advising and protecting their young patients. You have full access to this article via your institution. The ...

Collaborating researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and the Adams School of Dentistry and Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North ...

An inter-disciplinary team of researchers led by Prof. Qian Peiyuan, Chair Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)'s Department of Ocean Science and Division of Life ...

Although mostly preventable, tooth decay is one of the most common chronic diseases in children worldwide, particularly in developing countries. If left untreated, cavities can be painful and may ...

Dental plaque, also known as dental biofilm, represents a non-mineral community of microorganisms organized in the organic mucopolysaccharide matrix and is the main etiological factor for the ...