Researchers now better understand how quickly gingivitis may develop in pregnant women.

Last year, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) made headlines with a report projecting that, by 2025, all states will experience a shortage in dentists.

Combined with an overall tightening in lending practices, this burden of debt has restricted graduates' ability to obtain credit for starting their own offices.

Tooth decay is the most common preventable childhood disease, with 21% of children ages 6 to 11 and 58% of adolescents ages 12 to 19 having caries in their permanent teeth.

The numbers are frightening. And what were once whispered concerns have escalated to a roar over the epidemic of prescription opioid abuse.

While there has been much angst and hand wringing over the early childhood caries (ECC) epidemic, significant progress has been made addressing this crisis in what the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) calls “little teeth.”

America’s growing population of adults age 65 and older is one of the most significant factors shaping our current — and future — health care system.

The Dental Trade Alliance (DTA) believes it has a way to save the U.S. health care system, government and businesses billions of dollars a year and make Americans healthier.

Dentists looking to boost production may wish to expand the number of cosmetic procedures they offer, as signs point to steady or increasing demand for services.

According the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the number of patients who put off dental care due to financial concerns has been declining since the recession ended.