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[Nation] A Kenyan dentist treats six times more patients against the World Health Organisation’s recommended ratio of 1:7,000. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
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– June 10, 2016
Dentist Charl Chapman, 48, and mum-of-four Nina Howell, 38, from Essex, are the first UK couple to have the procedure in which blood is taken from the arm and then injected into the private parts. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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– June 9, 2016
ConclusionNo differences in penetration of irrigants with and without surfactants into dentinal tubules were found in middle and coronal third of incisor teeth.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. (Source: International Endodontic Journal)
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– June 8, 2016
Traditionally, the dental profession has primarily treated periodontitis using a mechanical/surgical, rather than a pharmaceutical, approach. However, based on experiments several decades ago which demonstrated that tetracyclines, unexpectedly, inhibit collagen? and bone?destructive mammalian?derived enzymes (e.g. the collagenases), and through non?antibiotic mechanisms, the concept of host?modulation therapy (HMT) was developed. Accordingly, two drug?development strategies evolved: (i) the development of non?antimicrobial formulations of doxycycline; and (ii) the chemical modification of tetracyclines to eliminate their antibiotic activity but retain (or even enhance) their anti?collagenase properties. Regarding the latter, these chemically modified tetracyclines (CMTs) sh…
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– June 7, 2016
“Reading this book is like waiting for the first shoe to drop.”
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– June 5, 2016
Long-term use of marijuana was linked to greater risk of periodontal disease in a new study, though it was not linked to other physical health problems.
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– June 2, 2016
Conclusions: Scan strategy B may be recommended as it provides the highest trueness and precision in full-arch scans and therefore minimizes inaccuracies in the final reconstruction. (Source: Quintessence International)
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– June 1, 2016
Exposure to the chemicals BPA and vinclozolin may irreversibly damage children’s tooth enamel by blocking sex hormones important for its production.
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– June 1, 2016
“I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.”
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– May 30, 2016
