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Omega-3 Supplements May Help Calm Gum Inflammation, New Study Finds
A study published in the August 2026 issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association found that omega-3 fatty acid supplementation was linked to lower markers of both oral and systemic inflammation in patients with heart disease.
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Federal Health Officials Urge States to Stop Covering Mercury Amalgam Fillings
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent guidance to every state Medicaid director in late July 2026, encouraging them to phase out coverage for traditional mercury-containing dental fillings in favor of mercury-free alternatives.
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A Liquid Treatment Already Used in Children's Dentistry May Also Benefit Older Adults, Review Finds
A newly published scoping review finds that silver diamine fluoride — long studied in pediatric dental care — shows real promise for treating cavities, gum inflammation, and tooth sensitivity in adults over 65.
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A Robotic System Just Prepared Human Teeth for Crowns With Near-Surgical Precision
A first-in-human study found that a semi-automated dental robot could shape teeth for crowns with extraordinary accuracy and deliver the finished restoration the same day — no second appointment needed.
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A Robot Just Prepped a Human Tooth for a Crown — With Near-Perfect Precision
A small but groundbreaking clinical study found that a semi-automated robotic system can shape a tooth for a crown, manufacture the restoration, and cement it in place — all in a single visit and without harming patients.
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Federal Health Officials Urge States to Drop Mercury Fillings From Medicaid Coverage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent guidance to every state Medicaid director in late July asking them to stop paying for dental amalgam fillings and shift toward mercury-free alternatives.
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A Bioengineered Chewing Gum Shows Promise Against Oral Viruses and Bacteria Tied to Head and Neck Cancer
New lab research from the University of Pennsylvania found that a specially formulated bean-based chewing gum sharply reduced HPV and two harmful bacteria in oral samples from cancer patients, without disturbing the mouth's beneficial microbes.
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Dentistry's Professional Bodies Take Steps Toward Bringing Saliva Testing Into the Clinic
The American Dental Association convened researchers, insurers, and regulators this summer to tackle the practical barriers standing between promising saliva-based diagnostics and everyday dental care.
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Your Mouth's Bacteria May Play a Bigger Role in Blood Pressure Than You Think
A new study from King's College London found that the acidity of saliva can influence how well mouth bacteria convert vegetable nitrate into a compound that helps lower blood pressure.
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Medicaid Cuts Could Leave Hundreds of Thousands of Children Without Dental Care, Study Finds
A new Harvard analysis warns that proposed Medicaid changes could strip dental coverage from nearly half a million children each year — and push nearly $87 million in added costs onto the health system.
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New Study Warns That Medicaid Coverage Losses Could Leave Hundreds of Thousands of Children With Untreated Dental Disease
Researchers at Harvard project that proposed changes to Medicaid eligibility could mean tens of thousands more cavities in children — and nearly $87 million in costs that don't disappear, but simply shift.
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Your Dentist May Soon Be Able to Read Your Health From a Sample of Saliva
A major professional summit signals that saliva-based testing could one day give your dentist a clearer, earlier picture of both your oral and overall health — but experts say the field still has important groundwork to lay.
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Adding Floss or an Interdental Brush to Your Routine May Cut Stroke Risk, Large Study Finds
A major cohort study published in the Journal of Dentistry found that people who combined regular brushing with consistent flossing or interdental brushing had meaningfully lower odds of suffering an ischemic stroke.
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A Drug That Could Grow New Teeth Moves Into Its Next Phase of Human Testing
A Japanese biotech is preparing to test an experimental antibody that may prompt the jaw to grow entirely new teeth — not an implant, but an actual tooth — in children born missing several of theirs.
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A Drug That Could One Day Grow New Teeth Moves Closer to Human Testing
A Japanese biotech company is preparing to test an antibody treatment that aims to stimulate the growth of real teeth in children born with too few of them.
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How Much You Sleep May Affect the Bacteria in Your Mouth, New Research Suggests
Two recent studies find that people who consistently get too little sleep show measurable shifts in their oral microbiome — a finding that may open a new window into how rest and mouth health are connected.
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Sparkling Water and Your Teeth: A New Study Offers Some Reassurance — With Caveats
Researchers compared how sugar-sweetened soda, plain sparkling water, and calcium-fortified sparkling water changed mouth acidity, and found the fizzy waters were noticeably gentler on the oral environment than soda.
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Gum Disease Bacteria May Be Contributing to a Dangerous Heart Valve Condition, New Research Finds
Preliminary findings presented at a major cardiology conference suggest that the same bacteria responsible for gum disease may help drive calcium buildup in the heart's aortic valve.
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A Protein-Based Gel May One Day Help Rebuild Your Tooth Enamel Without Fluoride
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have published a study on a fluoride-free gel that uses engineered proteins to coax your saliva's own minerals into regrowing damaged tooth enamel — and human trials are now underway.
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A Major U.S. Trial Finds a Liquid Can Stop Children's Cavities Without Any Drilling
A large Phase III study published in JAMA Pediatrics found that a quick, inexpensive liquid called silver diamine fluoride halted tooth decay in more than half of treated baby teeth — no drilling, shots, or sedation required.
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The Cavity Germ in Your Mouth May Also Play a Role in Parkinson's Disease
New research suggests that a common tooth-decay bacterium can migrate from the mouth to the gut and produce compounds that damage brain cells — adding a surprising neurological dimension to the case for good oral hygiene.
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Treating a Hidden Tooth Infection May Benefit More Than Your Mouth, Study Finds
A first-of-its-kind clinical study from King's College London found that patients who received root canal treatment for a deep tooth infection showed improvements in blood sugar, cholesterol, and inflammatory markers linked to heart disease.
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A Hidden Tooth Infection May Be Doing More Harm Than You Realize
New research suggests that a painless infection deep inside a tooth root can quietly drive up inflammation and interfere with blood sugar throughout the body — and treating it may help reverse some of those effects.
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The American Heart Association Updates Its Guidance on Gum Disease and Heart Health
A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, backed by a large insurance-claims study, finds that gum disease is associated with a higher risk of serious heart events — and that treating it may lower medical costs for heart patients.
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Could Dental Floss One Day Deliver Your Flu Vaccine?
Researchers have demonstrated that gum tissue reached by dental floss may offer a surprisingly effective — and needle-free — route for vaccine delivery.
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Researchers Take a Closer Look at Botanical Compounds as Add-On Treatments in Dentistry
A newly published editorial in a peer-reviewed dental journal summarizes a growing body of research testing whether plant-based compounds can work alongside conventional dental treatments — not replace them.
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Researchers Identify a Molecular Cause of Dry Mouth and Gum Disease in Down Syndrome
A new study has pinpointed a defect in calcium signaling within salivary gland cells as a likely driver of the dry mouth and high rates of gum disease that disproportionately affect people with Down syndrome.
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Dental Laser Therapy Shows Promise for Reducing Bleeding Risk in Older Patients
A recently published clinical study found that light-based laser techniques helped control bleeding in the large majority of older dental patients undergoing routine procedures, including tooth extractions.
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New Research Tests How Well AI Reads Your Dental X-Rays Compared to an Expert Eye
A wave of peer-reviewed studies published in 2026 is putting AI cavity-detection tools head to head with experienced dentists, and the findings offer patients a clearer picture of what this technology can and cannot do.
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A New AI Tool Cleared to Flag Hidden Tooth-Root Infections in 3D Dental Scans
The first FDA-cleared artificial intelligence designed to detect a common type of silent tooth-root infection in 3D imaging became available to dental practices this spring.
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FDA Clears AI Software That Helps Dentists Read 3D Jaw Scans More Easily
A newly cleared artificial intelligence tool can automatically map bone, teeth, and nerve pathways inside a 3D dental scan — potentially making complex treatment planning clearer and faster for both clinicians and patients.
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A Cork-Sized Robot May One Day Prepare Your Tooth for a Crown in a Single Visit
Researchers at the University of Basel have built and tested a miniature robot designed to fit inside a patient's mouth and carry out the precision drilling required before a dental crown is placed.
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A Tiny Robot That Fits in Your Mouth Could Make Crown Appointments Faster
Researchers have built a miniature robotic device that fits inside the mouth and may one day prepare a tooth for a crown in a single visit — no second appointment needed.
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A Cork-Sized Robot Could Make Getting a Dental Crown a One-Visit Procedure
Researchers at the University of Basel have built a miniature robot that fits inside a patient's mouth and prepares a tooth for a crown with sub-millimeter precision — potentially cutting a multi-appointment process down to a single visit.
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The Bacteria in Your Mouth May Help Determine Whether Vegetables Lower Your Blood Pressure
A University of Exeter study finds that mouth bacteria — not the vegetables themselves — are the key step in converting dietary nitrate into a molecule that relaxes blood vessels, and the effect appears strongest in older adults.
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Researchers Discover Why Antibiotic Treatment Often Fails Around Dental Implants
A Rutgers study has pinpointed an unexpected culprit behind a stubborn implant infection — not the bacteria, but tiny particles shed by the implants themselves.
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Common Antiseptic Mouthwash May Interfere With the Mouth's Role in Blood Pressure Regulation
New research suggests that bacteria living on your tongue play a key role in converting food into a molecule that helps keep blood vessels relaxed — and that antiseptic mouthwash may disrupt that process.
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Researchers Develop a Targeted Gum-Disease Compound That Leaves Beneficial Bacteria Alone
Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute have identified a compound that blocks the bacteria behind periodontitis without wiping out the beneficial microbes that keep the mouth healthy.
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A New Approach to Gum Disease Treatment Aims to Protect the Bacteria Your Mouth Actually Needs
German researchers have developed a toothpaste compound that targets the specific bacteria behind periodontitis while leaving the rest of the mouth's microbial community intact.
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A New Toothpaste Targets Gum Disease Without Disrupting the Oral Microbiome
German researchers have developed a toothpaste that selectively blocks the bacteria behind periodontitis while leaving the rest of the mouth's microbial community intact.
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Your Saliva May Soon Become a Routine Diagnostic Tool at the Dentist's Office
A major summit convened by the American Dental Association is pushing to bring saliva-based testing out of the lab and into everyday dental care.
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Dentistry's "Liquid Biopsy" Moment: The ADA Convenes Leaders to Chart a Path for Saliva-Based Testing
A major American Dental Association summit brought together scientists, clinicians, and regulators to map out how simple saliva tests could one day become a routine part of dental care.
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Saliva as a Diagnostic Tool: The ADA Convenes Summit to Chart Path Forward
A high-level American Dental Association gathering in June brought together researchers, clinicians, and regulators to work out how saliva-based testing could move from a promising idea into everyday dental care.
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Your Saliva May Soon Tell Your Dentist More Than You Think
A major gathering of dental and medical experts concluded that saliva-based testing is scientifically ready to move from research labs into everyday dental offices — but the path forward requires agreed-upon standards and clearer regulatory guidelines.
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A Drug That Could Regrow Missing Teeth Moves Into Phase II Trials
A Japanese biotech is preparing to test its experimental tooth-regeneration antibody in actual patients for the first time, marking a quiet but significant step forward in regenerative dentistry.
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Your Dentist May Soon Test Your Saliva for More Than Cavities
A major dental summit held in June explored how simple saliva-based tests could one day screen for a range of health conditions right in your dentist's chair.
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Researchers Find Silver Diamine Fluoride Can Rebuild Tooth Structure, But Call for More Clinical Trials
A systematic review featured in the July 2026 issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association found that a liquid dental treatment already used to stop cavities may also help rebuild damaged tooth structure — though scientists say the evidence still needs strengthening.
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New Review Finds Silver Diamine Fluoride Shows Promise for Rebuilding Tooth Enamel
A systematic review published in July 2026 by the Journal of the American Dental Association found that a liquid compound called silver diamine fluoride can help remineralize decayed enamel and dentin — though researchers say more clinical trials are still needed.
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Treating a Silent Tooth Infection May Help Your Blood Sugar, Study Suggests
New research points to a meaningful link between deep tooth root infections and blood sugar disruption — and shows that treating those infections may offer benefits that extend well beyond the mouth.
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Silent Tooth Infections May Be Quietly Affecting Your Blood Sugar, Research Finds
A growing body of research suggests that painless infections deep inside tooth roots can trigger body-wide inflammation that interferes with how the body manages blood sugar.
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Lab Study Finds Nano-Hydroxyapatite Toothpaste Can Rebuild Early Tooth Decay
A 2026 laboratory study published in the Journal of Dentistry found that nano-hydroxyapatite toothpastes can meaningfully restore minerals to early cavity lesions, adding to growing evidence for a fluoride-free remineralization option.
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A Drug That Regrows Teeth Moves Closer to Reality
A Japanese biotech's experimental tooth-regrowth drug cleared its Phase I safety trial without serious problems and is now raising funds for Phase II — the next step toward testing whether it actually works.
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Hidden Tooth Infections May Affect Blood Sugar, New Research Suggests
Recent studies find that chronic infections deep inside tooth roots may quietly disrupt the body's ability to manage blood sugar — and that treating them could help.
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Treating a Hidden Tooth Infection May Help More Than Just Your Mouth
A new study from King's College London finds that successfully resolving a deep tooth-root infection may also improve blood sugar control and reduce whole-body inflammation.
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Holistic and Biological Dental Practices Face Growing Gap Between Patient Demand and Online Visibility
As patient interest in mercury-free and biocompatible dental care continues to rise, many holistic practices remain difficult to find online because their digital presence is built around conventional dental search terms rather than the specific language health-conscious patients actually use.
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Demand for Holistic Dental Marketing Services Grows as Patient Interest in Biological Dentistry Rises
As more dental practices adopt holistic and biological approaches, specialized marketing support is becoming an increasingly practical consideration for clinics looking to reach informed patients.
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Holistic Dental Practices Expand Offerings with BPA-Free, Biocompatible Composite Restorations
A growing number of holistic dental practices are now offering composite filling materials formulated without bisphenol A or heavy metal components, responding to increasing patient interest in whole-body-conscious dental care.
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Holistic Dental Practices Expand Technology Offerings to Support Whole-Body Care
A growing number of holistic dental offices are investing in digital imaging and air-filtration equipment designed to reduce patient exposure to radiation and airborne contaminants.
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Holistic Dentistry Practices Report Growing Patient Interest in Biocompatible Materials and Whole-Body Care
Across the country, a growing number of dental practices are integrating biological and holistic principles into routine care, reflecting broader patient demand for treatment approaches that consider overall health alongside oral health.
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Holistic Dental Practices Add Ozone Therapy to Patient Care Options
A growing number of holistic dental practices are now offering ozone therapy as a minimally invasive option for treating decay and supporting overall oral health.
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Holistic Dental Practice Welcomes Experienced Biological Dentist to Growing Team
A holistic dental practice has announced the addition of a biological dentist whose background in biocompatible restorative techniques expands the range of care available to current and prospective patients.
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Tooth-Regeneration Drug Advances to Patient Trials in Japan
A Kyoto University spin-off has secured new funding and moved its experimental tooth-regrowth antibody into Phase II trials, marking a milestone in regenerative dentistry.
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Two threads defining dentistry in 2026: smarter diagnostics, more biocompatible materials
AI-assisted imaging and a growing patient interest in biocompatible, mercury-free materials are both reshaping how dental practices operate this year.