WHEN Greg Hutton went to his dentist to have a tooth removed, he never imagined that it could nearly end his life – not once, ...

Prescribing an oral antibiotic and, sometimes, an antibacterial mouth rinse. When a crack in the root of a tooth is the source of the infection, the tooth may need to be extracted. This step is ...

In an open letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, dentists have warned that a failure to fully meet demand for urgent ...

A group of gut bacteria successfully hindered recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in mice, offering alternative therapeutic strategies to antibiotics and fecal transplant. Sneha Khedkar is an ...

People who have rheumatoid arthritis are far more likely to have infected gums than those who don ... root planing and antibiotic treatment, often make rheumatoid arthritis symptoms much ...

Gum disease is a preventable infection of your mouth ... Dentists also sometimes put antibiotic fibers into your gums to help fight bacteria. Or they may prescribe antibiotic pills or mouthwash.