Award-winning dental hygienist Claire-Louise Berry considers the core strategies for successfully marketing a ‘sexy’ oral ...

Most oral and dental diseases are preventable, if you take care of your teeth and mouth. In-between visits to the dentist, ...

Enamel, the hardest and most mineralized substance in the body, covers the outer layer of each tooth. It's the first defense ...

While many surfaces can host biofilms — the plaque on your teeth is a biofilm — plastics appear to provide an especially strong bond that attracts the most prolific bacteria, according to the ...

The body reacts to this with inflammation. Initially, this process only affects the gums. The first signs of gingivitis are ...

"This is the first study showing the clinical efficacy of a nanotherapy in the treatment of a severe chronic biofilm infection," says Hyun (Michel) Koo of Penn Dental Medicine. "We previously ...

Some reasons for tooth pain may include: Too much bad bacteria : When the bad bacteria in your mouth start to outweigh the ...

These bacteria inhabit not only the surfaces of the teeth and gums in biofilm—a sticky, structured community that can be both ...