{
  "id": 15612852,
  "title": "Worried about your teen? Check their dental exam results for a window into their well-being",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/worried-about-your-teen-check-their-dental-exam-results-for-a-window",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-19T13:40:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-teen-dental-exam-results-window.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "You can tell a lot about your teen from their oral health, says a new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) report. Many teenage health problems—eating disorders, smoking, drug use, sexually transmitted diseases—can be uncovered by examining their mouth, teeth and gums, the AAP says in a clinical report titled \"Oral Health for Adolescents.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}