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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Native Alaskan children living in remote villages have rates of tooth decay about four times the national average, a government study showed.

Lack of fluoridated water and an abundance of sugary, carbonated soda pop were the major reasons cited in the research that tracked dental health of children in the mostly Yupik Eskimo region of southwestern Alaska ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska Native children in remote villages have rates of tooth decay about four times the national average, a government study showed on Thursday.

The study, which tracked dental health of children in the mostly Yupik Eskimo region of southwestern Alaska, pinned the blame on two major factors -- lack of fluoridated water and an abundance of sugary, carbonated ...

Brazilian authorities seeking to take a bite out of crime caught a lucky break when a purse-snatcher unwittingly left behind key evidence that led to the thief's arrest: his own dentures.

The robber grabbed a woman's handbag in the small town of Severina, about 430 kilometers (265 miles) from Sao Paulo, and managed to escape, victim Silvina Julieta ...

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. company Dentsply International secured a bigger bite of the global dental market by buying AstraZeneca's dental implants and medical devices unit for $1.8 billion.

Dentsply, which beat off bids from rival medical technology groups and private equity firms, said on Wednesday the purchase of Astra Tech would increase its revenue by about 25 percent ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Preventive dental care from pediatricians and family doctors may help reduce the widespread problem of early childhood cavities in low-income kids, a new study finds.

In the U.S., it's estimated that up to 11 percent of 2-year-olds and 44 percent of 5-year-olds have cavities. And the majority of those children are from low-income families ...

A set of solid gold false teeth used by wartime leader Winston Churchill during some of his most famous speeches sold for 16,000 pounds at auction on Wednesday.

Churchill had problems with his teeth and speech from an early age and the dentures were designed to compensate for the then-prime minister's distinctive lisp when speaking in public, London ...

The US government on Friday recommended that the level of fluoride in the public drinking supply be lowered to avoid dental problems due to overexposure.

Once ranked among the greatest public health achievements of the last century, fluoridation of water is less needed now because many Americans get plenty from toothpaste and mouthwash, said the Department of Health and Human ...

An increasing number of cases of teeth-grinding in debt-ridden Ireland were being blamed by dentists Wednesday on patients' financial worries.

Dentists believe that the increased levels of bruxism -- the medical name for teeth-grinding -- are due to stress brought on by Ireland's economic crisis.

Doctor Dermot Canavan of the Irish Dental Association says the condition is often linked to anxiety ...

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - Enough uncertainty surrounds silver-colored metal dental fillings with mercury that U.S. regulators should add more cautions for dentists and patients, a U.S. advisory panel said on Wednesday.

While past data has backed the cavity treatment, the fillings should be accompanied by warnings about unknown risks for vulnerable people such as children and pregnant women, the ...

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - Critics of dental fillings that contain mercury said they should be banned or not implanted unless patients give consent and acknowledge the toxic metal.

During a two-day public meeting to discuss the cavity treatment, dental patients, advocacy groups and some dentists urged the Food and Drug Administration's panel of outside advisers to push the agency to ...