If you X-rayed the state of oral health care in the United States, particularly for people 65 and older, the picture would be full of cavities. “It’s probably worse than you can even imagine,” said ...

As we spoke by phone, Ceballos peeked into his waiting room and said three patients were from the U.S. He handed his ...

Nearly 3.5 billion people worldwide suffer from oral diseases, yet most dental problems are entirely preventable with proper ...

Few health misfortunes are more universally understood or dreaded than a toothache. The dull, persistent discomfort can easily turn into throbbing pain that can be made even worse by sinus pressure, ...

Gum disease (periodontitis) affects more than 47% of Americans — or nearly 65 million people — including former Major League Baseball player Alex Rodriguez, who recently announced he has the condition ...

Dentists, hygienists, and researchers say a shortage of rural dental care professionals and worsening oral hygiene since the ...

A pediatric dentist in Houston is seeing an increase in patients with cavities and believes it could be linked to wearing face masks. Dr. Piya Ghandi, a board certified pediatric dentist and owner of ...

You probably feel stunned and guilty after hearing that a 1-year-old has the start of cavities, especially if you thought you ...

A lot of research in the field of dentistry has been devoted to early detection of cavities over the last 20 years. New technologies are promising to find cavities that were once tough to locate. This ...

“The best way to determine how often you should go to the dentist is to actually go to the dentist,” Flake says. Your dentist ...

The dentist’s caption reads “and that’s on cavities being contagious”. Dr. Tasneem Mahmood is the dentist in the video. She practices at Progressive Dental Houston. She told KHOU 11 News she stands by ...

Local health experts say they expect to see more dental issues, especially in very young children, now that Pasco has stopped adding fluoride to the city’s water. The city announced that fluoride is ...