It depends on how severe the tooth decay is. The early stages could be treated with dental cleaning and fluoride treatments. As it progresses, you may need a dental filling, root canal ...

While oral health is important to overall well-being, many dental problems start small and go unnoticed until they worsen.

Tooth pain is never a good sign, but persistent pain that doesn’t respond to treatment could indicate that an extraction is ...

If left untreated, tooth decay can extend deep into the tooth and eventually cause death of the tooth nerve. In the mouth, early tooth decay can look like white or brown spots on the teeth. When ...

Aspen Dental® is proud to announce a new partnership with vVARDIS, a leading biomimetic dental science organization, to ...

UB dental researcher Marcelle Nascimento talks with UBNow about critical need for fluoride for all ages, especially in ...

Fluoride protects our teeth from decay in three ways: it makes teeth strong and more resistant to acid, stops early tooth decay by putting minerals back into teeth (remineralisation), and ...

making it more resistant to the acid produced by bacteria that cause tooth decay. Fluoride also reverses early tooth decay by replacing and preventing loss of minerals in teeth. Prior to the ...

The good news is that tooth decay is preventable. Pediatric dentists say it is important for parents to keep an eye on their ...