The No. 1 chronic infectious disease affecting children isn’t colds or flu. It’s tooth decay – and it’s contagious. Decay can start as soon as teeth appear in the mouth. By age 5 ...

The cavity rate stood at 20.74% at kindergartens, 32.89% at elementary schools, 26.50% at junior high schools and 34.70% at ...

Tokyo, Feb. 12 (Jiji Press)--The proportion of children with tooth cavities in Japan hit a record low in fiscal 2024, apparently reflecting advice on tooth brushing and other related initiatives ...

Sometimes it can be hard for parents to get their kids to the dentist, but what if the dentist came to them instead? A couple ...

Cavities are the most common chronic disease among America's youth. But there are plenty of ways to avoid them.

This month is National Children’s Dental Health Month, and the tooth fairy visited the Mississippi Children’s Museum of ...

By the 1950s, the U.S. government's Public Health Service and the American Dental Association acknowledged the success of ...

New government figures show Somerset have some of the lowest figures for five year olds with tooth decay, Ian Jones writes ...

Care minister Stephen Kinnock addresses oral health crisis blighting the nation’s children as new data shows almost a quarter ...