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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to push for curbs on fluoride in drinking water.

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Demineralization, which can be aggravated by a chronic lack of saliva, may result in advanced periodontal disease and osteoradionecrosis, the authors noted. Therefore, diseased teeth, soft tissue, or ...

Demineralization, particularly at the cervical area of teeth, after orthodontic treatment is a common clinical finding for which minimally invasive approaches may be useful. [3, 4] Use of a caries ...

Glowdent is a biological compound that luminesces in the presence of active tooth decay, capturing the dissolved tooth minerals and generating a light signal. That light signal is in turn captured by ...

Traumatic brain injury can impair both saliva composition and production, leading to tooth decay. Better cooperation between medicine and dentistry could prevent increased damage.