Cutting Sugar for Your Teeth and Overall Health
We’ve all been told that excess sugar is bad for our teeth and dental health, but did you also know that too much sugar can be harmful to your overall …
Scientists Use Ancient Dental Calculus to Learn about the Past
Plaque may be bad for your teeth, but it also makes an excellent time capsule, as scientists recently learned while studying the dental calculus (fossilized plaque) of skeletons thought to …
Scientists Sequence Mouth Bacteria Genome
Scientists have pieced together sections of DNA from 12 individual cells to sequence the genome of a bacterium known to live in healthy human mouths; the achievement reinforces a theory …
The Connection between Periodontal Disease and Cardiovascular Disease
Yet another study points to dental health, or the lack thereof, as an indicator for other more serious health conditions, according to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The links …