What it is: A technique for predicting, from the composition of people’s saliva, their susceptibility to tooth decay. The market: The full extent of the market for the testing technique is unknown, ...

WASHINGTON, DC - The eyes may be the window to the soul, but many scientists would say the mouth is the window to the body. Saliva and other oral substances are now emerging as the bodily fluids of ...

The eyes may be the window to the soul, but many scientists would say the mouth is the window to the body. Saliva and other oral substances are now emerging as the bodily fluids of choice for ...

The sad truth is this: Some people are almost destined to suffer from tooth decay -- regardless of whether they drink fluoridated water, avoid sweets, and brush and floss with determination. They can ...

Public health laws ban it on sidewalks, and teething babies can’t seem to turn it off. But medical science has fallen head-over-heels for spit. Spit, spittle or saliva — the watery, slippery liquid ...

A new saliva test could help kids beat cavities before tooth trouble even starts. The Caries Assessment and Risk Evaluation (CARE) test predicts which kids are most at risk for tooth decay and reveals ...

A simple saliva test can predict for the first time whether children will get cavities, how many cavities they will get and even which teeth are most vulnerable, University of Southern California ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Saliva tests could begin replacing blood and urine tests within the next two years for everything from drugs to diseases, the benefits of which include ease of collection, ...