(CNN) --A gum infection was found to be a potential risk factor of Alzheimer's disease in a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances. The bacteria Porphyromonas gingivalis, known as ...

A new clinical study suggests that successful root canal treatment may benefit more than just dental health. Patients treated ...

Scientists have long been stumped by the neurodegenerative condition, Alzheimer's disease, and have been working to understand it for more than a century. Doctors believe the cause to be a combination ...

A gum boil is a painful, swollen bump filled with pus on your gums. Poor dental hygiene and injuries to the gums can lead to gum boils. You need to see a healthcare provider to treat a gum boil. A gum ...

Your gums might be trying to tell you something about your blood sugar that your doctor hasn’t figured out yet. That bleeding when you brush your teeth isn’t just a sign that you need to floss more ...

While implanted artificial teeth do offer a longer-term alternative to dentures, they may need to be surgically replaced if gum infections occur. Scientists are thus working on a better implant, that ...

Arthritis has plagued humanity for millennia. More than 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates, “the father of Western medicine,” weighed in on a possible cause. He recognized a connection between oral ...

Alzheimer's disease is a rare medical condition that U.S. residents are afraid to have. A woman, suffering from Alzheimer's desease, looks at an old picture on March 18, 2011 in a retirement house in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK — A gum infection was found to be a ...