Red states are banning the tooth-protecting mineral, while blue state skeptics aren't budging. Dentists are proving no match for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the battle over fluoride.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks poised to win the battle over fluoride, to the dismay of dentists and oral ...

People with poor mental health face many challenges. One that’s perhaps lesser known is that they’re more likely than the ...

Dental plaque is a complex biofilm at the heart of oral disease. Learn how it causes cavities and gum inflammation and why ...

What are the implications of this review? Low-certainty evidence suggests that imaging for the detection or diagnosis of early tooth decay may result in a relatively high proportion of false-negative ...

The climate we live in affects our lives in profound ways: hot summers, cold winters, dry spells and wet weather all leave ...

Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

T housands upon thousands of prehistoric animals are pristinely preserved at the site of an ancient sinkhole-pond in the US. The mind-blowing site is a snapshot of a beautiful ecosystem that thrived ...

As well as explaining what makes the blue shark so darn blue, it also appears that through the same mechanism, that blue can ...

The balance of different varieties of atoms inside a person’s teeth can reveal a week-by-week record of rainfall and protein ...

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