Florida on Thursday became the second U.S. state to prohibit fluoride, a mineral used for decades to protect teeth from decay ...

As calls to end fluoride in water get louder, changes to the dental health of children in Calgary, Canada, and Juneau, Alaska, may provide a cautionary tale.

Before community water fluoridation, tooth decay was widespread and severe among Americans. After fluoride was added to the water supply in many places in the U.S., tooth decay declined in both ...

The results were groundbreaking. They found 47 new genes that are connected to tooth decay. They also confirmed that an ...

Warren Loeppky, a pediatric dentist in Calgary who has been practicing for 20 years, told ScienceNews that tooth decay has become more common, aggressive and severe in children over the last decade.

Dental caries, or tooth decay, is a common oral health condition that often causes significant pain and discomfort and may ...