“In democracy it’s your vote that counts; In feudalism it’s your count that votes.”
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Mogens Jallberg
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– September 29, 2018
Manganese plays a key role in bacterial infection
(PLOS) The ability to acquire manganese during infection is essential for the virulence of Enterococcus faecalis in animals, according to a study published Sept. 20, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Jos é Lemos of the University of Florida College of Dentistry, and colleagues. (Source: EurekAlert! – Biology)
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– September 29, 2018
Harper’s Index
“Estimated amount of glucose used by an adult human brain each day, expressed in M&Ms: 250”
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– September 28, 2018
Wales tops England on NHS doctors’ and dentists’ pay deal
The backdated increases put in place all the recommendations made by an independent pay review panel. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
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– September 28, 2018
The $100,000 Implant Case, Cut in Half
Q: I was shocked that a friend of mine had spent close to $ 100,000 on his mouth for dental implants.
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– September 28, 2018
Samuel Johnson
“There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.”
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– September 27, 2018
New oral hygiene care regimen reduces postoperative oral bacteria count and number of days with elevated fever in ICU patients with esophageal cancer.
J Oral Sci. 2018 Aug 30. doi: 10.2334/josnusd.17-0381. [Epub ahead of print]AbstractUsing a controlled pre/post study design, we investigated the effects of professional mechanical cleaning of the oral cavity with benzethonium chloride, interdental brushes, and hydrogen peroxide on the number of oral bacteria and postoperative complications among esophageal cancer patients in an intensive care unit. Before surgery, 44 patients with esophageal cancer were recruited at Okayama Hospital from January through August 2015. The control group (n = 23) received routine oral hygiene care in the intensive care unit. The intervention group (n = 21) received intensive interdental cleaning with benzethonium chloride solution and tongue cleaning with hydrogen peroxide. The number of oral bacteria on the …
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– September 27, 2018
Centenarian Technician Reflects on 82-Year Career
Today, now 101 and retired in Hendersonville, NC, Jacobs is one of the oldest living CDTs in the country. After working at a handful of labs across the South, Jacobs enlisted in the Navy during World War II and was assigned to be a technician in the dental laboratory at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Chicago.
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– September 27, 2018
John Ciardi
“A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.”
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– September 26, 2018
Dentists call for pudding and sweet soft drinks ban in schools
Dentists are asking the Scottish government for a “bolder approach” on healthy food choices in schools. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
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– September 26, 2018
