Health

The way to tip the balance in the patients’ favor begins by knowing what it is you, as a clinician, are trying to control—specifically for each individual perio patient. Knowing the exact bacteria that is causing each patient’s case of periodontal disease is an enormous advantage; it allows the clinician

We cannot tell a lie: George Washington's false teeth weren't made out of wood, though the materials actually used weren't all that appealing, either. CLAIM: U.S. President George Washington had wooden teeth. FALSE ORIGIN: One of the most popular historical exhibits at Mount Vernon, originally the estate of the first President of

Soaring use of e-cigarettes among young people “is now a major public health concern,” according to a report published Thursday from the United States Surgeon General. It is the first comprehensive look on the subject from the nation’s highest public-health authority, and it finds that e-cigarettes are now the most

It’s bad enough that expertise is under attack these days from populist political movements that dismiss specialist opinion as just another establishment ruse. But lately expertise is being criticized from another direction, too — from would-be defenders of science. Consider the recent controversy over flossing. In August, a widely read

Want to prevent heart disease? Take a look at your teeth. A study published in October in the American Journal of Medicine found that those who used toothpaste that targeted plaque, and therefore were more diligent in brushing their teeth, lowered their levels of heart-attack-triggering inflammation. The study’s authors found that