oral bacteria

Oral bacteria impacts brain health, study finds

Bad bacteria from the mouth can damage the brain, leading to an increased risk of dementia, according to a new…

Dentistry

‘Artificial tongue’ developed to target oral bacteria

Researchers have designed a chemical sensor array or ‘artificial tongue’ which identifies and deactivates bacteria in the mouth. Published in…

Health & research

Finnish study proves the presence of oral bacteria in cerebral emboli of stroke patients

Researchers at Tampere University in Finland have established that the cerebral emboli of stroke patients contain DNA from oral pathogens Thrombus…

Dentistry

What you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Dentists support move…

Dentistry

Oral bacteria in pancreas linked to more aggressive tumours

Swedish researchers from the Karolinska Institutet have found that the presence of oral bacteria in so-called cystic pancreatic tumours is associated with…

Dentistry

Common oral bacteria can make colon cancer more deadly

American researchers have determined F. nucleatum, a common oral bacteria often implicated in tooth decay, accelerates the growth of colon cancer Researchers…

Dentistry