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

There's growing evidence that the number of missing teeth a person has is an indicator of their risk of dying earlier than ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Having decayed, filled and/or missing teeth was tied to increased risk for stroke and death. Risk was especially ...

COUNTING teeth is something you might have done as a child when your adult ones were growing in. But scientists say the ...

In what can only be described as "viral dental decay," a picture of the damage Prosecco and other carbonated drinks can do to teeth is making the rounds, and the Internet is floored. Calling it the ...

The researchers also note that poor dental health may reflect wider issues such as limited access to healthcare or lower ...

Rotten or decayed teeth are teeth that have become damaged by decay or infection. Signs include pain and marks or holes in tooth enamel. Decay usually results from inadequate oral hygiene, but certain ...

Having a greater number of missing or decayed teeth has been linked to a shorter life expectancy in a new study.

A group at Queen Mary University of London have now developed a very fast dissolving 'bioactive' glass which they are putting in toothpaste to repair decayed teeth. Most people regard glass as being ...

George et al 1 have examined the association between the Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth (DMFT) index—a widely used metric for assessing overall dental health—and the risk of buccal mucosa cancer (BMC) ...

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