As student athletes prepare to return to school, it’s crucial they wear protective gear, like mouthguards, even when playing sports not usually associated with contact. A properly fitted mouthguard can help save your child’s smile and keep them off the injured list. The Pennsylvania Dental Association (PDA) recommends mouthguards be worn during games and practice [...]
“Both low-coherence light and ultrashort laser pulses can be used to measure internal structure in biological systems. An optical signal that is transmitted through or reflected from a biological tissue will contain time-of-flight information, which in turn yields spatial information about tissue microstructure.” So began Huang et al. 20 years ago in the journal Science [...]
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month (NCDHM), an oral health campaign designed to educate children and their parents about the importance of good oral health. Developing proper oral health habits at an early age will last a lifetime and significantly improve a child’s overall heath. Tooth decay affects more than one quarter of children [...]
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD), the authority on children’s oral health, announced today the creation of their Pediatric Oral Health Research and Policy Center. The goal of the Center is to inform and advance research and policy analysis that will promote optimal oral health care for children. Through the AAPD, the Center will [...]