Sugar-loving mouth bacteria create acids that damage teeth, but arginine can help fight back. In a clinical trial, arginine-treated dental plaque stayed less acidic, became structurally less harmful, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heart doctor What's the first thing you think of when you hear "plaque"? If it's related to dental health, you're probably not ...

Oct. 3 -- FRIDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Black males may be at increased risk for heart problems caused by accumulation of dental plaque, a U.S. study finds. Indiana University School of Dentistry ...

With new insights on how tooth plaques form and what disrupts them, dental researchers hope to develop better defences against advanced gum disease. Periodontal disease is common around the world, ...

Same word, different mess, different threatsThe word plaque is doing a lot of work on social media, and that’s what makes it ...

Dental plaque is a complex microbial biofilm, not just food debris. The shift from oral health to disease is caused by changes in the balance of plaque’s microbial community, not just the presence of ...

When the calendar flips to a new year, many of us aim to use this blank slate as the time to (finally) lose weight, drink ...