Browsing: Pediatric Dentistry

As National Children’s Dental Health Month comes to an end The daily spoke with School of Dentistry Assistant Professor Margaret Ferretti to learn about the importance…

There was another delay in the reintroducing fluoride to Calgary’s drinking water. Fluoride restoration was expected to be completed in September, but the city said construction…

A bill moving through the Kentucky Legislature would make fluoride treatment of drinking water optional for local municipalities. Parliamentary Bill 141 would repeal a mandate that…

The treatment takes less than a minute and reduces the risk of tooth decay Cooperstown, NY — Bassett Healthcare Network is working to bridge preventive dental…

Dental sealants, those plastic materials applied directly to the chewing surfaces of back teeth that fit into pits and fissures and are designed to prevent tooth…

Researchers at the NYU College of Dentistry led CariedAway, the nation’s largest school-based cavity prevention study, to compare the use of silver diamine fluoride and traditional…

COURTESY OF MONTGOMERY PEDIATRICS Going for a dental checkup is a rite of passage for kids that can be exciting for some and challenging for others.…

Poor oral health in children can stem from a variety of factors, including dietary choices, oral hygiene practices, fluoride intake, socioeconomic factors, and more. By…

There is an invisible problem in dentistry: some dentists use “creative diagnosis” to perform unnecessary work to earn extra money. There’s no hard data on how…

Around 44% of children visited a dentist in the past year in England, a survey has found, amid warnings that some parts of the country have…