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The secret to preventing tooth decay may have been hiding in your mouth all along. Increasing levels of an amino acid in saliva can turn bacterial biofilms from damaging to protective, a clinical ...

The Central Alabama Water board has voted to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water, prompting concern from local health ...

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Daily eating and drinking expose your teeth to acid stress – and over time, this can affect how your enamel looks and feels.

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The No. 1 chronic infectious disease affecting children isn’t colds or flu. It’s tooth decay – and it’s contagious. Decay can start as soon as teeth appear in the mouth. By age 5, about 60 percent of ...