Assessing patients’ caries risk is key to developing effective, personalized prevention and treatment plans, according to University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry researchers. They recently published a study,…

Finding the right dose of anesthesia during oral surgery can be challenging, especially when the amount needed for each patient varies. In a new study, “Female Patients Require a Higher Propofol Infusion Rate for Sedation,” published in…

Being overweight or obese has been associated with increased risk of periodontal disease. Hoping to better understand any causal relationship, an international team of researchers followed subjects from birth to adulthood, assessing…

The effects of tobacco on oral and overall health are well documented, with exposure to tobacco linked to heart disease, stroke and many types of cancer. Now researchers have provided another reason to avoid tobacco. Exposure to tobacco…

Research conducted at the University of Alabama at Birmingham evaluated the effects of gestational age and location of bleeding sites on the prevalence of gingivitis in pregnant women in their first and second trimesters. The investigation…

San Francisco is the first city in the United States to mandate that advertisements for sugar-containing beverages must display a warning about their associated health effects. The warning labels — which read: “Drinking beverages with added…

A good night’s sleep is crucial to maintaining health, so it’s hardly surprising that chronic pain is associated with disturbed sleep patterns. In some cases, this creates a relationship in which both conditions escalate and coexist. To…

While it has long been known that bacteria can take up DNA, scientists are now studying which metabolic pathways must be activated in order for pathogenic bacteria to acquire genes from DNA. Researchers from the University of Oslo,…

New research suggests that a bioceramic material used in spinal implants may have potential to help clinicians better manage periodontal disease. An international team led by Giuseppe Pezzotti, PhD, of the Ceramic Physics Laboratory, Kyoto…

Researchers have discovered that the presence of specific oral bacteria may indicate an increased risk for pancreatic cancer. Such testing may enable early and precise treatment of the disease — which, according to the American Cancer…