Dentistry

From vigorous brushing to clear aligners, here’s what might be causing your gums to recede

Flavio Pisani, University of Lancashire One of the most common concerns patients bring to the dental chair is receding gums. Often, the immediate assumption is: “I must have gum disease.”...

People living with HIV struggle to access much-needed dental care

Abbas Jessani, University of Saskatchewan – Nearly 37 million people were living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) globally in 2017, according to...

Is it safe for pregnant women to go to the dentist? Yes

David Leader, Tufts University - According to research from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, in 2011 about...

How dentists could help tackle obesity in children

Jessica Large, Loughborough University As a specialty registrar in paediatric dentistry, I’ve seen first-hand the pain children experience because...

Building replacement teeth – do we really have the technology?

Mark Bartold, University of Adelaide – It was recently reported that researchers in Japan have grown a tooth in a mouse using...
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