As a mom with three kids age 5 and under, Kathryn Butler says she and her friends "spend a silly amount of time talking about teeth brushing.” For a lot of parents, the sleepless nights and tears ...

IKEA's new bathroom collection will convince your kids to brush their teeth without the hassle of persuading them. Why? Well, ...

A simple practice could help save patients' lives in the hospital. New research links toothbrushing with fewer infections and a striking drop in the risk of death for certain patients. The study, ...

Frank Scannapieco consults for: Sirona/Dentsupply and Colgate-Palmolive, and has received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and Colgate Palmolive Elderly people in nursing homes ...

Toothbrushing also associated with lower rates of ICU mortality, shorter duration of mechanical ventilation, and shorter ICU length of stay Researchers say toothbrushing could be a cheap but effective ...

Toothbrushing can prevent hospital-borne pneumonia. Hospital-borne infections are a serious risk of a long-term hospital stay, and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), a lung infection that develops ...

A phenomenon that skilled nursing teams have long appreciated was recently highlighted in a recent article published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers Ehrenzeller and Klompas shed light on a ...

As roll out of supervised toothbrushing programmes continues in areas of higher deprivation, Katie Ferguson shares lessons ...

Brushing your teeth twice daily could boost your immunity to pneumonia during hospital stays, according to a new study. In a study published Monday in JAMA Network Open, two Harvard Medical School ...

Elderly people in nursing homes often go without a good toothbrushing. While it might be icky to imagine the horrible way that feels to the oldsters, there are consequences worse than grossness. The ...