Gum disease affects nearly half of U.S. adults is preventable. Discover expert tips from a U of U Health periodontist to keep ...

Disrupting the chemical messages that oral bacteria use to coordinate growth may help prevent disease by keeping plaque ...

When it comes to maintaining your health, you may be overlooking one of the most important parts of your body: your mouth. Gum disease is the most common oral disease, with studies estimating that up ...

Sure, you know that maintaining good oral hygiene is important for your dental health. It means better breath, fewer cavities, and healthier gums. But keeping your mouth healthy can have total-body ...

There’s a tension in modern periodontics that we don’t talk about enough. A clinical paradox. We have our primary enemy in sight: a pathogenic biofilm that destroys the structures holding teeth in ...

In my last column, I spent time hopefully giving a clear understanding about periodontal disease and how it occurs. As a quick overview, periodontal disease is an infection of the gums in which the ...

Wearing dental braces necessitates diligent oral hygiene to prevent cavities and gum disease. Braces create hard-to-reach ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) May 17 Two studies published this month provide additional evidence that treating gum disease in pregnant women may prevent preterm birth. "These data suggested that ...

Older adults with dementia who treated their gum disease had a lower risk for dying compared to those who didn’t, a new study shows. The study, which was published Monday in Scientific Reports, found ...

Treating gum disease after a procedure to correct an irregular and abnormally fast heart rate may lower the risk of the cardiac condition reoccurring. The disorder, known as atrial fibrillation, ...