After having her bottom two wisdom teeth out, which were very impacted, Silver was told to make sure to do all the normal ...

According to Dr Jiang, participants randomly assigned to receive tooth-brushing twice a day were 33 per cent less likely to ...

The warning comes as new Harvard-led research published online in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests seriously ill hospitalised ...

Antibiotics are only recommended when there is severe infection that has spread from the root of the tooth. However, some dentists still routinely prescribe antibiotics to people with these conditions ...

Brad Spellberg, MD, urges rethinking the ‘finish the course’ dogma for antibiotics: Extra days may do more harm than good.

Scientists have studied a new target for antibiotics in the greatest detail yet—in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

A 2023 randomized controlled trial in the Journal of Dentistry found that the bulk-fill base technique reduced procedure time ...

Penn engineering researchers modified a fungus called Aspergillus flavus, which may have caused lung disease and illness in ...

Antibiotics are substances that inhibit the growth of bacteria. They work by killing bacteria or preventing their reproduction, and may be synthesized chemically or by naturally-occurring or ...

Roche is moving its novel antibiotic zosurabalpin into phase 3 testing for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), a 'superbug' that is considered an 'urgent threat' by the CDC, in ...

Trypophobia warning! If clusters of holes make your skin crawl, the Bleeding Tooth Fungus might be your worst nightmare.

In addition, only 37% of Florida third graders had dental sealants. These thin coatings applied to the chewing surfaces of molars are proven to prevent up to 80% of cavities. Nationwide, 51.4% of kids ...