Odontoblast cells, part of the human body's natural immune system, also fight to protect teeth from decay, according to new research published in BMC Immunology (in press). Odontoblast cells sit ...

Traditional treatment strategies involved in pulp-dentin complex repair do not promote innervation or odontogenesis. A newly developed injectable composite hydrogel now shows promising results on this ...

AT A CLINIC at the University of California, San Francisco, dentists in training hone their "drill-and-fill" skills for treating patients with cavities. But in a lab across the hall from the clinic, a ...

The dental pulp is susceptible to microbial infection, which often results in inflammation, necrosis, and defects in the pulp-dentin complex. Traditional treatment strategies suffer from multiple ...

A growing body of research is lending weight to developers' claims that optical coherence tomography (OCT) can detect dental decay and other oral lesions better than traditional imaging modalities.

MANY people discuss tooth decay, but rarely do they talk about its complications. Tooth problems are never the least of your concerns; if left untreated, they could lead to dental abscess and ...