I dread going to the dentist as much as the next person — which is why any video suggesting that I might not have to catches ...

Ortek Therapeutics Inc., of Roslyn Heights, N.Y., has officially launched its electronic early cavity detection system, the Ortek-ECD. The U.S. FDA-cleared device can detect dental lesions before they ...

We all get cavities, but have we ever thought much about the biology of the process? From the Akson Russian Science Communication Association, scientists investigated the molecular composition changes ...

Lasers + heat = early caries detection and treatment. Rabia Mughal. Jul 22, 2008. Back in the days before high-tech sensing and monitoring devices, miners used canaries as early warning systems to ...

The nature of early-stage oral cavity cancer and oropharyngeal cancer is evolving. Jelinek et al 1 have written a concise review of treatment of early-stage disease for elderly patients that touches ...

Laser and light machines can detect tooth decay earlier than X-rays, dentists say, but there’s a risk of false positives. Aches & Claims looks at the evidence.