Tag Archives: Oral

6 Oral Health Facts That Men Need to Know

— Men don’t fare as highly as women when it comes to oral health. The rates of tooth loss, oral infections, and gum disease are more prevalent in men than in women. These differences prove that men lack good dental health habits compared to women, and these may often affect other health conditions, such as… Read More »

Horizon Pharma plc Announces FDA Approval to Expand the Age Range for Ravicti (glycerol phenylbutyrate) Oral Liquid to Include Newborns

Print this page DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 27, 2018– Horizon Pharma plc (NASDAQ: HZNP) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to expand the age range for Ravicti (glycerol phenylbutyrate) Oral Liquid to include infants younger than two months of age living with a urea cycle disorder… Read More »

Can Young Children’s Oral Bacteria Predict Obesity?

A study describing the results of weight gain trajectories in early childhood related to the composition of oral bacteria of two-year-old children recently appeared in the journal Scientific Reports. The study suggests that this understudied aspect of a child’s microbiota – the collection of microorganisms including beneficial bacteria residing in the mouth – could serve as… Read More »

Oral Appliance Therapy – All You Ought to Know

Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep disorder where a person stops breathing periodically due to collapsing soft tissue in the airway throughout the night. These stops in breathing usually last for around ten seconds and are often followed by snorts, gasps, or choking sounds as a person’s body fights to resume breathing again. The obstructive… Read More »