“The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.”
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Douglas Adams
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– January 7, 2017
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Vast Majority of People With Mitral Valve Prolapse Won’t Need Surgery
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have been told that I have mitral valve prolapse, but I’ve never had any treatment for it. Will I eventually need surgery? Also, because of the condition I used to take antibiotics before going to the dentist, but my new doctor said that’s not necessary. What do you recommend? ANSWER: The […] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
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– January 7, 2017
Care home residents should be helped to brush their teeth twice a day
A Plymouth University dental academic and clinician has played a key role in a new draft quality standard for oral care in care homes from NICE. Credit: University of Plymouth A leading dental academic and clinician from Plymouth University, Professor Elizabeth Kay MBE, has played a key role in a draft quality standard to improve oral health in care homes and hospitals published today by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence .
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– January 7, 2017
Madeleine L’Engle
“It takes too much energy to be against something unless it’s really important.”
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– January 6, 2017
Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of dentists regarding child physical abuse in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
In conclusion, this study showed that dentists have insufficient knowledge about child physical abuse but positive attitudes towards their role in detecting and reporting it. This topic should be covered and emphasized in dental schools’ curricula, and healthcare and academic institutes must have a clear protocol to be followed if a case of abuse is suspected. PMID: 26990176 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: Child Abuse and Neglect)
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– January 6, 2017
E. M. Forster
“Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don’t believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art’s sake.”
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– January 5, 2017
Dental implants with antibacterial activity and designed to facilitate integration into the bone
The UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country is developing coatings for dental implants to provide them with capabilities to ensure success when they are implantedMouth infections are…
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– January 5, 2017
George Bernard Shaw
“Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.”
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– January 4, 2017
Determinants of orthodontic treatment need and demand: a cross-sectional path model study.
CONCLUSIONS: The proposed model displays the unique effect of each included measure on treatment need and demand, explaining a large proportion of the variance in perceived treatment demand and professionally assessed treatment need. The model would hopefully lead to improved and more cost-efficient predictions of treatment need and demand. PMID: 26980843 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: European Journal of Orthodontics)
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– January 4, 2017
