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The paradox of preventionIt is a strange contradiction that we live every day in the clinic. We will spend hours and thousands of dollars rebuilding a…

Dental caries was officially recognized as the most common chronic childhood disease in the 2000 Surgeon General’s report.1 Worryingly, this statistic has not changed, even though…

A proposed EU ban on amalgam fillings will be the “tipping point” that will lead to the collapse of NHS dentistry in Northern Ireland, MLAs have…

In a recent systematic review published in the journal JAMA Network, The researchers synthesized the available literature on interventions aimed at preventing oral health problems, particularly…

iStock Last year, I joined a team of volunteer dental hygienists on the Seal Grenada dental outreach program that aimed to place 1000 sealants on children…

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…

A proposed EU ban on amalgam fillings will be the “tipping point” that will lead to the collapse of NHS dentistry in Northern Ireland, MLAs have…

An inexpensive cavity-fighting liquid called silver diamine fluoride (SDF) works as well as dental sealants to keep tooth decay at bay in a school cavity prevention…

In a perfect world, everyone would have access to consistent and comprehensive dental care from the time their first tooth erupts. Unfortunately, this is not the…

In the bustling metropolis of New York, a recent study sheds light on an accessible and cost-effective method to combat tooth decay among elementary school students,…