NASA astronaut Scott Kelly’s 340 days in space were quite magnificent. He got to space walk and take some incredible out-of-this-world photos. Now that he has returned home, Kelly has been busy enjoying what many of us would find more mundane, such as eating salads and going to the dentist. Since Kelly landed back on Earth on March 2 after nearly a year in space, he has offered an insider’s look at his life on land in photos posted to Instagram. Not only are his daily activities vastly different to life on the International Space Station, but he told CBS News that he also has changed as a person. “I think I’m a little more compassionate now,” Kelly said. “I think it does change you when you spend all this time removed and detached from Earth. And you follow what’s…
MedWorm: Dentistry
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By elkhornadmin
– April 4, 2017
New Delhi, April 3: Chronic irritation of the mouth from ill-fitting dentures may be a risk factor for oral cancer, Indian doctors have said after a research review that explored links between chronic mucosal trauma and cancer. Doctors at the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, said denture-related sores might be colonised by candida, a fungus that may induce chronic inflammation of the mucosa, which has been hypothesised as an oral cancer risk.
Dentures News
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By elkhornadmin
– April 4, 2017
“Instant gratification takes too long.”
Quotes of the Day
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By elkhornadmin
– April 3, 2017
CONCLUSIONS: Dietary nitrate consumption may be a useful adjunct in the control of chronic gingivitis. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. PMID: 26969836 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Clinical Periodontology)
MedWorm: Dentistry
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Tagged with blinded, Clinical, consumption, controlled, decreases, double, gingival, Inflammation, Juice, lettuce, nitratenitriteNOmetabolism, patients, periodontal, placebo, randomized, Recall, Repeated, stimulation, trial.
By elkhornadmin
– April 3, 2017
“Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him.”
Quotes of the Day
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By elkhornadmin
– April 2, 2017
CONCLUSIONS: Within the limits of this pilot study, no difference was found between the ceramic implant with ZLA(®) surface and a titanium implant in terms of bone tissue integration. Furthermore, the epithelial attachment favored this ceramic implant over titanium. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. PMID: 26969899 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Clinical Periodontology)
MedWorm: Dentistry
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Tagged with Assessment, ceramic, Hard, histological, Implant, minipig, novel, pilot, Soft, study, Surrounding, tissues.
By elkhornadmin
– April 2, 2017
“My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.”
Quotes of the Day
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By elkhornadmin
– April 1, 2017
CONCLUSION: Obesity appears to be a risk factor for PAL progression for females but not males in this developing country population. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. PMID: 26970086 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Clinical Periodontology)
MedWorm: Dentistry
Posted in Dental News.
Tagged with 5years, attachment, effect, Loss, Obesity, periodontal, populationbased, Progression, prospective, study.
By elkhornadmin
– April 1, 2017
It's operation day for one of the recipients of the Second Chance program. On Friday, one man's life will be changed thanks to the generosity of local dental surgeons.
Dentures News
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By elkhornadmin
– April 1, 2017
“There’s no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.”
Quotes of the Day
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By elkhornadmin
– March 31, 2017
