Preoperative oral care by a dentist may help reduce postoperative complications in patients who undergo cancer surgery, according to a newBJS (British Journal of Surgery) study.Of 509,179 patients studied, 16% received preoperative oral care from a dentist. When a surgeon requested that a dentist provide preoperative oral care to a patient with cancer, the dentist checked the patient’s oral condition, provided professional tooth cleaning, taught the patient self-cleaning methods for the teeth, and provided any treatment needed. In the study, 15,724 patients (3.09%) developed postoperative pneumonia and 1734 (0.34%) died within 30 days of surgery. After adjustments, preoperative oral care by a dentist was linked with a decrease in postoperative pneumonia (3.28% versus 3.76%) and death withi…
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– August 14, 2018
“The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.”
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– August 13, 2018
My patient is a 67 year old female with extensive dry mouth and rampant caries. She has a medical history of MS and our plan at this time is to extract all the teeth and place immediate full upper and lower dentures.The postClass III Malocclusion patient with MS: how would you treat this? appeared first onOsseoNews Dental Implants. (Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts)
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– August 13, 2018
“Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it’s important.”
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– August 12, 2018
ConclusionsThe results of this study show a significant association between long-term statin intake and healing of AP after nonsurgical root canal treatment. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
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– August 12, 2018
“The least of learning is done in the classrooms.”
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– August 11, 2018
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) will host the 2019 annual conference of the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry (AADMD). The event, the preeminent conference for physicians, dentists, and other providers who treat patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will take place from May 10-12 at the Hyatt Regency Rochester. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
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– August 11, 2018
Recently, Valley View Dental associate dentist, Elena Saha DDS, donated her time and talent at the fifth ISDS Foundation Mission of Mercy which took place on July 20-21, 2018, at the Bank of Springfield Center. In addition, she shared this effort with a dental assistant, Timea Sara at Valley View Dental-Romeoville, IL location.
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– August 11, 2018
“People can have the Model T in any colour–so long as it’s black.”
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– August 10, 2018
Fujifilm‘s (TSE:4901) SonoSite subsidiary said earlier this week it appointed Fujifilm vet and current Fujifilm Medical Systems USA and Fujifilm New Development USA prez Takaaki Ueda as its new chair and CEO. Previously, Ueda has also served as Fujifilm global endoscopy systems division GM, the company said. Ueda will replace the departing Masayuki Higuchi who is returning to Tokyo to take the role of Fujifilm global finance & accounting deputy GM. Alongside the appointment, the company said it also promoted Rich Fabian to the position of prez and COO. Fabian had previously held various executive positions for 15 years with Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG). “On behalf of all employees at Fujifilm SonoSite Inc., we are grateful to Mr. Higuchi’s contributions to the business …
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– August 10, 2018
