Dental, Teeth | featured news

The scariest thing about Halloween isn't the spooky costumes or gruesome monster makeup — it's the damage that sticky caramels, chewy taffy and hard candies do to kids' teeth, dentists say.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are recommending changing for the first time in nearly 50 years the amount of fluoride allowed in drinking water because of an increase in fluorosis -- a condition that causes spotting and streaking on children's teeth.

Dentists could soon hang up their drills. A soft gel, embedded with a new peptide, placed next to a cavity, encourages cells inside teeth to regenerate in about a month, according to a new study.

For years, dentists have warned patients about the decaying effects of cola and sugary, fizzy drinks on their teeth.