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Health Tip: Floss Your Child’s Teeth
Title: Health Tip: Floss Your Child’s TeethCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/19/2014 7:35:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/19/2014 12:00:00 AM
Braces and Retainers
Title: Braces and RetainersCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/19/2014 12:00:00 AM
Burning Mouth Syndrome
Title: Burning Mouth SyndromeCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 2/19/2010 10:23:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/18/2014 12:00:00 AM
Microorganism shows promise in inhibiting thrush, and other dangerous systemic fungal infections
Scientists at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center have discovered how the beneficial fungal yeast, Pichia, holds at bay a harmful fungal yeast, Candida. The hope for this finding is that components in Pichia could one day become…
In healthy mouths good fungi keep bad ones in check
Human mouths contain a balanced mix of microbes which, when disrupted, can lead to oral diseases. A study published on March 13th in PLOS Pathogens compares the bacteria and fungi present in the mouths of healthy individuals with those from patients infected with HIV, and…
Virulent tooth decay in toddlers can be caused by combination of bacterium and fungus
Early childhood caries, a highly aggressive and painful form of tooth decay that frequently occurs in preschool children, especially from backgrounds of poverty, may result from a nefarious partnership between a bacterium and a fungus, according to a paper published ahead of print in the…
Oral thrush a common complication of HIV ‘because of fungi’
A new study investigates the role of bacteria and fungi in the human mouth. Researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, published their findings in the journal PLOS Pathogens.Experts know that organisms that live in our mouths are capable of contributing to both…
Epigenetics and oral health
A visit to the dentist could one day require a detailed look at how genes in a patient’s body are being switched on or off, as well as examining their pearly whites, according to researchers at the University of Adelaide.