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Theodore Roosevelt

“No foreign policy-no matter how ingenious-has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of few and carried in the hearts of many.”
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Mixed biofilms formed by C. albicans and non-albicans species: a study of microbial interactions

In conclusion, C. albicans established antagonistic interactions with non-albicans Candida species in mixed biofilms. (Source: Brazilian Oral Research)
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Munster dentist goes old school offers patient house calls

“What about caramels? Can I eat caramels?” Lester Meyer asked his dentist, models of dentures laid out in front of them. Meyer and Compton were having this consultation about dentures not in a stuffy, sterile dental office but in the comfort of Meyer's home, right at his kitchen table.

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R. Stevens

“Destiny is for people who are too lazy to create alternate timelines.”
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LPS levels in root canals after the use of ozone gas and high frequency electrical pulses

Abstract The present study aims to verify the effect of ozone gas (OZY® System) and high frequency electric pulse (Endox® System) systems on human root canals previously contaminated with Escherichia colilipopolysaccharide (LPS). Fifty single-rooted teeth had their dental crowns removed and root lengths standardized to 16 mm. The root canals were prepared up to #60 hand K-files and sterilized using gamma radiation with cobalt 60. The specimens were divided into the following five groups (n = 10) based on the disinfection protocol used: OZY® System, one 120-second-pulse (OZY 1p); OZY® System, four 24-second-pulses (OZY 4p); and Endox® System (ENDOX). Contaminated and non-contaminated canals were exposed only to apyrogenic water and used as positive (C+) and negative (C-) controls, resp…
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James Thurber

“Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.”
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Authors: Antonarakis GS, Kiliaridis S PMID: 26984829 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: European Journal of Orthodontics)
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Researchers add to evidence that common bacterial cause of gum disease may drive rheumatoid arthritis

Investigators at Johns Hopkins report they have new evidence that a bacterium known to cause chronic inflammatory gum infections also triggers the inflammatory “autoimmune” response characteristic…
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John Kenneth Galbraith

“If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.”
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Recommendation to include dentists/oral surgeons in child abuse prevention teams of general hospitals in Japan

Publication date: Available online 15 March 2016 Source:Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology Author(s): Takuya Naganawa, Abhishek Kumar, Tomohiro Ando (Source: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology)
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