Early tests on a new coating for orthodontic brackets and wires developed by NYU College of Dentistry researchers suggest that it could inhibit plaque growth and decalcification common in patients ...

Therefore, the researchers suggested that future studies consider looking at dental calculus at a potential link to coronary artery disease. "In general, however, the association between calculus ...

The elevated BUN and creatinine we saw in the clinical chemistry results may have been related to obstructive renal failure from the bladder stone or renal failure independent of the stone that was ...

Significantly higher frequencies of renal calculi were found among the 625 parents and sibs of 106 subjects prone to calcium oxalate stone formation as compared with 576 corresponding relatives of ...

Urinary tract stones and urinary tract infection are strongly associated. Infection is implicated as the cause of stones in about 15% of stone formers, and the development of infection can complicate ...