Studies are revealing that some strains of bacteria in our mouths could contribute to heart and brain diseases, and even dementia. A researcher specializing in oral bacteria has developed a device ...

Brushing your teeth twice a day is a well-established routine for many, but one key step is often overlooked: cleaning your ...

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Learn the surprising truth about alcohol-based mouthwashes. Understand how they disrupt your oral health and what ...

Aim: The study aimed to determine qualitative and quantitative contamination of dental unit reservoir water with aerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria, with regards to health risk to dental ...

The CFU/ml values and percentage shares of pathogenic bacteria isolated from dental unit water samples are presented in Table 2. In the group of Gram-negative rods one species was known to cause ...

If your teeth have ever felt fuzzy after skipping a brushing, you've encountered biofilm—a slimy bacterial layer that clings ...

Oral sex may create an environment for a common vaginal condition called bacterial vaginosis or BV, according to research in the journal PLoS Biology. BV is not a sexually transmitted infection.