A new study reveals that the bacteria behind periodontal gum disease can harden heart valves by triggering a specific ...

Excessive bite force does not cause alveolar bone loss but significantly worsens it when combined with periodontitis, report ...

Oral health doesn’t begin and end in the mouth. In fact, inflamed gums can literally affect the kidneys, according to a study. The finding that periodontitis and initially asymptomatic kidney diseases ...

Millions of people worldwide live with periodontitis, a chronic gum disease that can progressively destroy the tissues and ...

A new DNA-based nanotherapy targets bacteria, inflammation, and bone loss together, showing promising results against ...

A team of researchers from VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, the VCU School of Dentistry and the University of ...

Researchers from the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences (FCMS) at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) in Sorocaba, in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, have ...

The prevalence of periodontitis was twice as high in those showing early signs of kidney dysfunction in a new study, adding ...

The primary cause of periodontitis is bacteria in dental plaque. Dental plaque, which is a mix of the bacteria, mucus and other particles, forms and settles on and around the teeth. The immune system ...

A drug currently used to treat intestinal worms could protect people from periodontitis, an advanced gum disease, which untreated can erode the structures -- including bone -- that hold the teeth in ...

Background: Periodontitis was reported to be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, the association between them has not been firmly established in the existing literature.