Implant-derived titanium particles have been implicated in peri-implant inflammation, but how they might contribute to persistent peri-implantitis has remained unclear.

Oral and oropharyngeal cancers remain a significant clinical challenge, and growing evidence has linked the oral microbiome to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) development, progression or recurrence.

Although the prescription of opioids by dentists in the US has decreased sharply in recent years, dentists in the country still prescribe opioids at a substantially higher rate than their counterparts in several other high-income countries, a recent study has found.

Recent research has found that people who had root canal treatment for long-lasting infections at the root tip experienced lower blood sugar and reduced inflammation over the following two years.