Study suggests half of opioids prescribed to dental surgery patients go unused, creating a surplus that may contribute to the opioid epidemic.
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Unused dental surgery prescriptions may help fuel opioid epidemic
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– September 24, 2016
Erma Bombeck
“Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.”
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– September 23, 2016
Bond strength and interfacial morphology of orthodontic brackets bonded to eroded enamel treated with calcium silicate-sodium phosphate salts or resin infiltration.
CONCLUSIONS: ? Using CSP or resin infiltration before orthodontic bonding does not jeopardize the bonding quality. The orthodontic bonding should be performed shortly after the resin infiltration. PMID: 26998810 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Angle Orthodontist)
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– September 23, 2016
Dental Care Limitation and Rural Health
How do you go about finding a dentist? Ask friends and coworkers where they go? Look at online reviews on Google, Yelp and the like? For millions of Americans, it's not that simple. The rural poor, many of whom rely on Medicaid, have slim dental options, if any.
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– September 23, 2016
John Wanamaker
“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.”
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– September 22, 2016
Early risk factors for posterior crossbite and anterior open bite in the primary dentition.
CONCLUSIONS: ? Children born preterm seem to be more at risk for posterior crossbite than those born at term. Different mechanisms may be involved in posterior crossbite and anterior open bite. PMID: 26998889 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Angle Orthodontist)
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– September 22, 2016
“Like Pulling Teeth”: Lessons for law schools from the 1980s dental school crisis
Eric Chiappinelli recently posted a new article on SSRN that analyzes the dental school crisis of the 1980s to draw lessons for currently struggling law schools. While readers of the blog are surely familiar with many of the issues facing law schools, I assume that most are less familiar with the dental education crisis of the 1980s.
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– September 22, 2016
Robert Bakker
“I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS.”
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– September 21, 2016
Comparing the effects of titanium alloy and chrome cobalt in removable partial denture connectors on tooth mobility, bone loss and tissue reaction
Conclusion The clinical observations suggest that titanium alloy is more suited than chrome cobalt for fabricating the major connectors in removable partial dentures. (Source: The Saudi Journal for Dental Research)
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– September 21, 2016
Pensioners Pumping Iron Shows How Much Aging Is Reshaping Japan 26 minutes ago
Gym membership among pensioners is surging in Japan while people in their twenties drop out. Many of the young don't want to give blood anymore, while the elderly need more of it.
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– September 21, 2016
