Students at the University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine created free face shields and comfort bands as a type of personal protective equipment (PPE) with 3D printers that were eventually used by some 3,000 dental professionals in university centres across the US.

According to the Council of Dentists in Spain, bruxism is the dental diagnosis that has increased the most since the pandemic, almost quadrupling.

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic condition characterised by a burning pain in the mouth, sometimes accompanied by numbness.

Organoids have now been created from stem cells to secrete the proteins that form dental enamel, the substance that protects teeth from damage and decay.