The capital of dental pain

The social capital of a community and, to a lesser extent, the quality of an individual’s social network significantly impacts on the prevalence of dental pain among its inhabitants with high social capital linked to lower pain

Good teeth, good genes?

A number of novel genes potentially linked to caries susceptibility and resistance have been identified, several of them involved in common signalling pathways, opening the horizon for new approaches to overcoming this disease

A patient perspective on oral cancer screening

Dental patients have little knowledge of oral cancer and are unaware that dentists routinely screen for it but want to know more, suggesting a missed opportunity to increase awareness of the disease

Poor oral health linked to obesity

Obesity is linked to poor oral health measures, such as reduced number of teeth and infrequent dentist visits, but choice of obesity measure alters the significance indicating that this needs to be carefully considered in oral health studies

A need for dental care in Canada?

The normative dental needs of most Canadians are being met, but approximately 12 million Canadians have at least one unmet treatment need which is linked to factors such as infrequent dental visits and poor oral health.