BMC Oral Health

Teledentistry and Distance Learning: Improving Access to Oral Health Care and Education

BMC Oral Health has launched a new collection in support of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 and SDG 10, which welcomes submissions that contribute to efforts to promote good health and wellbeing for all by using teledentistry and distance learning to improve access to oral health care and education. 

Please click the above link for further information and to submit to the collection.

Pre-schoolers’ tooth brushing behaviour and association with their oral health: a cross sectional study

Researchers investigate the tooth-brushing behaviour of Malaysian preschool children and its association with oral health.

Streptococcus salivarius inhibits immune activation by periodontal disease pathogens

Can bacteria be beneficial for oral health? Macdonald et al. investigate whether Streptococcus salivarius can be used to inhibit the periodontal pathogen-induced gingival fibroblast inflammatory response. 

July: Open data and data sharing

Data are the cornerstones to transparency and reproducibility of research. At the BMC Series, we offer different article types to help you share your data. Explore some of our open access data publications in this focus issue and browse through the additional reading and resources to learn more about this topic. 

June: Water and Sanitation.

In celebration of World Environment Day on the 5^th June,  the BMC Series presents a focus issue on Water and Sanitation.  We have  collated open-access content from across our journals to highlight research into clean water, investigating links between water and health and our overall relationship with water.