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Cavity rates among children in Japan have hit records lows, a government survey has shown.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 16, 2026
Cavity rates for children hit record lows in Japan
¡°Toothbrushing programs at schools and greater health awareness at home could be behind the results,¡± an education ministry official said.
Older adults with no remaining teeth had a mortality risk about 1.7 times higher than those with 21 or more teeth, according to Japanese researchers.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 5, 2026
Dental hygiene key to predicting mortality, Japanese researchers find
Studies concluded that poor oral health among older adults is closely linked with higher mortality rates and a higher risk of requiring long-term care.
Elementary school children receive checkups from dental students in Tra Vinh, Vietnam, in March.
JAPAN / Science & Health / Regional voices: Chubu
May 19, 2025
Dentists pass Japan-style oral health care to children in Vietnam
Surveys show nearly 90% of elementary school students in Vietnam have?tooth decay.
The proportion of children with tooth cavities in Japan in fiscal 2024 hit the lowest level since the survey began in fiscal 1948.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2025
Children with tooth cavities at record low in Japan
The cavity rate stood at 20.74% at kindergartens, 32.89% at elementary schools, 26.50% at junior high schools and 34.70% at high schools.
Before (top) and after images of the regrowth of a tooth in a ferret (center top and bottom) and mice (right and left)
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 13, 2024
Japanese researchers test pioneering drug to regrow teeth
Tests on mice and ferrets suggest that blocking a protein called USAG-1 can awaken a third set of teeth.
Inside the mouth of a mouse whose teeth were missing due to congenital anodontia (left) and the inside of the mouth after teeth were grown after taking medicine.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 23, 2024
Clinical trial set to begin in Japan for medicine to help grow teeth
The researchers will conduct trials for teething medicine, aimed at treating people with congenital anodontia who are born with few teeth.
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2021
They know the drill: Dentists tapped to speed up Japan¡¯s slow vaccine rollout
Their involvement will be contingent upon municipalities not being able to secure enough doctors and nurses to go ahead with mass vaccinations at public facilities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 20, 2021
Oral hygiene habits in Japan reflect the cold reality of COVID-19 pandemic
Sales of personal toothpaste products have exceeded those targeting families for the first time.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Aug 8, 2020
Ayako Zenitani: Dental treatment today is much less painful
Dentist Ayako Zenitani has a few tips for those who are worried about getting their teeth checked.

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