April 28 — -- As if anyone needed another excuse not to go to the dentist, researchers now suggest pregnant women getting dental X-rays are more likely to have underweight babies. Dentists ...

The team utilized machine learning to analyze public data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

An infected 14,000-year-old tooth that was cleaned out with flint tools represents the oldest known dentistry, according to a study in Scientific Reports. The find represents the earliest ...

A study conducted by the Maccabident Research Institute found that ongoing national security tensions led to significant ...

A new study suggests that the X-rays you had at the dentist’s office years ago may increase your risk of a brain tumor. Dental X-rays produce ionizing radiation, which has been linked to non-cancerous ...

School-based prevention programs can substantially reduce children's cavities - but what type of treatment should be delivered in schools to best prevent tooth decay? A new study by researchers at NYU ...

People who identify as Black, Latino, and Native American are severely underrepresented in dentistry compared to the U.S. workforce as a whole, according to a study published on March 31 in JAMA ...