Science news articles about 'dental decay'

... were to have decay. Last, they found that apparently having one's child's dental decay treated actually could decrease the stress of being a parent. It now appears that dental professionals need to ...

... that tooth decay usually remains untreated. Fluoride toothpaste is the most widely used method of preventing dental decay, but currently only 12.5% of the world benefits from it. The researchers ...

... Chambers, the study's senior author. "Symptoms can include altered taste acuity, dental decay, infections of the tissues of the mouth, and difficulty with speaking, eating and swallowing. Conventional ...

... fermentable carbohydrates have the potential to induce dental decay, Hujoel notes. But what if fermentable carbohydrates ... does not cause dental diseases, he notes. Dentists would no longer be pressed ...

... when he died at approximately age 60, he was afflicted with atherosclerosis, arthritis, and dental decay. Intrigued that atherosclerosis may have been widespread among ancient Egyptians, Thomas and a ...