Last Saturday, Spencer, a U.S. Navy veteran, visited the UB School of Dental Medicine to have his teeth realigned, an issue that prevented him from using his dentures and led to his losing a substantial amount of weight. He left the school that day with a smile from ear to ear, having received the alignment needed to use his dentures.
Dental school honors nation’s heroes with free care for Veterans Day
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– November 20, 2016
Noel Coward
“Television is for appearing on – not for looking at.”
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– November 19, 2016
An analysis of the readability characteristics of oral health information literature available to the public in Tasmania, Australia
This study aimed to assess the characteristics of print-based oral health information literature publically availa… (Source: BMC Oral Health)
MedWorm: Dentistry
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– November 19, 2016
Gruesome 14th century Italian dentures device was made from teeth of dead humans
'Ancient', 'green', or 'borrowed from other people' aren't descriptors many of us would want used to describe our pearly whites. But all three are apt for a set of dentures unearthed from a chapel in Italy, which could date back to the time of Leonardo Da Vinci.
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– November 19, 2016
Mitch Hedberg
“I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.”
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– November 18, 2016
Palatal fibroblasts reduce osteoclastogenesis in murine bone marrow cultures
Preclinical studies support the assumption that connective tissue grafts preserve the alveolar bone from resorption; the underlying cellular mechanisms, however, remain unknown. The cellular mechanisms may be … (Source: BMC Oral Health)
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– November 18, 2016
Denture Made of Human Teeth Found in Tuscany
The Local, Italy , reports that a team of paleopathologists from the University of Pisa found a denture dating to between the late fourteenth and early seventeenth centuries in the mass grave of more than 200 members of the Giunigi family in Lucca's convent of San Francesco. The denture consists of five canines and incisors obtained from different people, covered in a layer of metal.
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– November 18, 2016
E-cigarettes ‘just as harmful as tobacco’ for oral health
Two new studies demonstrate the negative effects e-cigarettes may have for oral health, with one study claiming vaping is just as harmful as smoking.
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– November 18, 2016
James Russell Lowell
“Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this-that you are dreadfully like other people.”
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– November 17, 2016
Magnetic permeability as a predictor of the artefact size caused by orthodontic appliances at 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging
Conclusions The permeability can be reliably assessed by conventional measurement devices and the artefact size can be predicted. The radiologist is able to decide whether or not the orthodontic attachments should be removed. Clinical relevance This study clarifies whether an orthodontic appliance must be removed before taking an MRI. (Source: Clinical Oral Investigations)
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– November 17, 2016
