Lindsay Modglin is a nurse and professional writer who regularly writes about complex medical topics, as well as travel and the great outdoors. She holds a professional certificate in scientific ...

A calculus bridge is a hard layer that forms when hard tartar covers multiple teeth. Regular brushing and flossing can prevent calculus bridges, but once they have formed, they can only be removed by ...

Potassium levels in dental calculus -- mineralized dental plaque that may preserve biochemical markers of systemic health -- may be a possible indicator of diabetes. The study was published in BMC ...

Using advanced sequencing technologies, anthropologists demonstrate that human DNA can be significantly enriched from dental calculus (calcified dental plaque) enabling the reconstruction of whole ...