FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Flossing protects your brain as well as your gums, a new study suggests. People who ...

You likely know the advice to brush your teeth twice a day, but the same level of care should be given to flossing too. Dislodging food and sticky, bacteria-containing plaque that’s lodged between ...

The easiest way to start your day off right is with a dental routine that leaves your mouth feeling fresh, clean and healthy. But it's not so easy to do everything you need to do in the right order ...

In a recent experiment that sounds more sci-fi than science class, researchers have successfully developed a novel vaccine platform that uses ordinary dental floss embedded with tiny dissolvable ...

You still have to clean between your teeth, but other tools might work even better. You still have to clean between your teeth, but other tools might work even better. Credit...Jens Mortensen for The ...

Flu shot season is around the corner, and while injections remain the most common form of vaccination, scientists are working hard to find other ways to deliver inoculations that don’t involve shoving ...

Scientists have discovered that flossing between your teeth could one day help vaccinate you. By targeting a uniquely permeable gum tissue called the junctional epithelium, this new method stimulates ...

Dileep Sharma receives funding from the Dental Council of NSW, International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research, Australian government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ...

Flossing your teeth at least once a day is an essential part of any oral health routine. But it might also one day protect other parts of the body as scientists have created a novel, needle-free ...

Mia L. Geisinger, DDS, professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry, explains how flossing can impact overall health. Health beyond teeth Interdental cleaning, including ...