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Ralph Novak

“Reading this book is like waiting for the first shoe to drop.”
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Marijuana use may raise risk of periodontal disease

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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Impact of digital intraoral scan strategies on the impression accuracy using the TRIOS Pod scanner

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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Chemicals in food packaging, fungicides might damage children’s teeth

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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Bisphosphonates and dental implants: A meta-analysis

Conclusion: The results of the present study cannot suggest that the insertion of dental implants in patients taking BPs affects the implant failure rates, due to a limited number of published studies, all characterized by a low level of specificity, and most of them dealing with a limited number of cases without a proper control group. Therefore, the real effect of BPs on the osseointegration and survival of dental implants is still not well established. (Source: Quintessence International)

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Richard Lewis

“I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.”
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Topical sulfasalazine for unresponsive oral lichen planus

Conclusion: Topical sulfasalazine should be considered when OLP does not respond to corticosteroid therapy. Furthermore, high concentrations of IL-1? and IL-8 in the saliva are useful indicators for the application of topical sulfasalazine in OLP patients refractory to steroid treatment. (Source: Quintessence International)
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Elizabeth Aston

“Love has no place in a lawyer’s office.”
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A combined peri-implant plastic surgery approach for implants in the esthetic zone using a novel technique: A series of 10 cases

Conclusions: In implant rehabilitation, in cases where there are insufficient hard and soft tissues in the esthetic zone, a combined peri-implant plastic surgery approach not only enables the ideal implant position where both function and esthetics are ensured but also provides effective protection of peri-implant tissue health. (Source: Quintessence International)
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John Ciardi

“You don’t have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.”
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