“If it weren’t for my lawyer, I’d still be in prison. It went a lot faster with two people digging.”
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Joe Martin
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– December 6, 2018
Study: Painkillers Prescribed By Dentist May Be Linked To Later Abuse
BOSTON (CBS) – A new study in JAMA finds that painkillers prescribed to teens and young adults by dentists may be associated with the abuse of these medications later on. Many people ages 16 to 21 have their wisdom teeth removed and sometimes dentists or oral surgeons send patients home with a prescription for opioids, like Vicodin or Tylenol with codeine. It is often the first time a young person has ever been exposed to opioids. Researchers at Stanford looked at tens of thousands of young people who received these painkillers for the first time from their dentists and found that almost 6 percent of them were later diagnosed with opioid abuse. The researchers say more research needs to be done to determine if the removal of wisdom teeth is really necessary, in the first place, and w…
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– December 6, 2018
A reason to smile: Lubbock veteran benefiting from surgeons’ gift of dental surgery
And dental surgeon Robert Loppolo and partner Justin Bonner are attempting to make that happen with a free surgery that ordinarily would cost in excess of $ 50,000. On Monday, Arriaga received a procedure from the oral surgeons in the office of Hill & Ioppolo Oral and Facial Surgeons of Lubbock that is designed to replace teeth he lost and dentures he couldn't wear without a frown.
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– December 6, 2018
Steven Wright
“The first time I ever read the dictionary I thought it was a poem about everything.”
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– December 5, 2018
U.S. relies heavily on foreign-born healthcare workers
(Reuters Health) – More than one in four doctors in the United States were born in another country, and a new study suggests many nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and home health aides are also immigrants. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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– December 5, 2018
Flushed false teeth put bite on water recycling system
All some want for Christmas is their two front teeth but spare a thought for whoever managed to flush their posh dentures down the toilet. Wessex Water wants to trace the owner of a set of false teeth complete with a gold tooth reminiscent of Joe Pesci's “wet bandits” character Harry in the Christmas classic Home Alone which were found at the firm's water recycling centre in Bristol.
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– December 5, 2018
Jean Kerr
“The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.”
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– December 4, 2018
Opioid Rx From Dentist May Up Rates of Opioid Abuse in Youth
(MedPage Today) — Higher rates of use, abuse in young people who received opioid in dental setting (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
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– December 4, 2018
Isaac Asimov
“It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.”
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– December 3, 2018
Adjunctive use of plasma rich in growth factors for improving alveolar socket healing. A systematic review
ConclusionPlasma rich in growth factors may bring advantages in some relevant clinical and radiographic outcomes following tooth extraction, such as bone density and soft tissue healing. It could also represent a useful tool for reducing adverse events, complications and patients ’ discomfort, however still not quantifiable. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
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– December 3, 2018
