There's growing evidence that the number of missing teeth a person has is an indicator of their risk of dying earlier than ...

Oral frailty can shorten your life expectancy, so those dreaded visits, drills and all, really are for your own good.

COUNTING teeth is something you might have done as a child when your adult ones were growing in. But scientists say the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Having decayed, filled and/or missing teeth was tied to increased risk for stroke and death. Risk was especially ...

Having a greater number of missing or decayed teeth has been linked to a shorter life expectancy in a new study.

The researchers also note that poor dental health may reflect wider issues such as limited access to healthcare or lower ...

George et al 1 have examined the association between the Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth (DMFT) index—a widely used metric for assessing overall dental health—and the risk of buccal mucosa cancer (BMC) ...

People love a conspiracy theory, and the field of dentistry isn’t immune to shifty speculations. One notion currently tumbling around the socials is the idea that all decayed teeth can be healed ...