Dear Nurse Katz, I just graduated and I am trying to stay healthy and avoid going into medical debt. I was thinking about cutting out my dental care, but I have been told that it is just as important than seeing your primary car doctor, but insurance does not seem to cover a lot when it comes to dental care, and every time I go to the dentist, I come out with a huge bill. I want to keep my teeth until I am at least 70. What should I do? Matt Kansas City, MO Good for you for thinking ahead Matt! You should not cut out oral care all together due to the expense. Keep in mind that bad oral care today could potentially lead to expensive dentures when you are 70. In addition, many times, the condition of the mouth mimics the condition of the body as a whole. Some reports have indicated that ther…
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Tricks to Saving Your Teeth and Your Wallet in the End
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– May 25, 2016
Taking evidence-based advice
Tension exists today between those who tout autonomy of thought and action as the highest good and those who seek to impose population-wide solutions to problems based on evidence from rigorous scientific investigation. Studies show that older Americans treated aggressively to control blood pressure to 120 mm Hg or less have a diminished risk of stroke and heart attack with no adverse risk of injury from falls caused by medication compared to those whose target blood pressure is 140 mm Hg. As a result, a lower blood pressure goal is appropriate for the majority of the population over age 50 years based on scientific evidence. (Source: Dental Abstracts)
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– May 24, 2016
Keep the ones you’ve got
Teeth lost to disease, injury, or congenital tooth agenesis are often replaced by dental implants, with this option widely incorporated into everyday dental practice. As a result, patients have enjoyed major improvements in oral health, better function, better esthetics, and improved phonetics compared to previous outcomes. However, gathering research is exposing the adverse outcomes associated with implants. Among these are biological complications and the unpredictability of implant therapy. Is it time to revisit saving teeth as a viable option rather than simply placing implants? (Source: Dental Abstracts)
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– May 23, 2016
Daphne du Maurier
“Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.”
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– May 22, 2016
Effects of a novel light?curable material on odontoblastic differentiation of human dental pulp cells
ConclusionsTheraCal and MTA had the ability to induce odontoblastic differentiation and mineralization of hDPCs.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. (Source: International Endodontic Journal)
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– May 22, 2016
Casey Stengel
“The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.”
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– May 21, 2016
Retraction statement: Modern Concepts for Caries Tissue Removal
Abstract “Modern Concepts for Caries Tissue Removal”, by Falk SchwendickeThe above article, published online on 15 February 2016 in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.llll/jerd.12201), has been retracted by agreement between the author, Dr. Falk Schwendicke, the journal Editor?in?Chief, Dr. Harald O. Heymann, Associate Editor, Dr. Edward Swift and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The retraction has been agreed as the article was published in advance of other companion work which should have had precedence.Schwendicke, F. Swift, EJ. Modern concepts for caries tissue removal. Dent J Esthet Rest 2016; 28:1; DOI: 10.1111/jerd.12201. (Source: Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry)
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– May 21, 2016
Lyndon B. Johnson
“If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read “President Can’t Swim”.”
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– May 20, 2016
Effect of a school-based oral health education in preventing untreated dental caries and increasing knowledge, attitude, and practices among adolescents in Bangladesh
There is a dearth of published literature that demonstrates the impact and effectiveness of school-based oral health education (OHE) program in Bangladesh and it is one of the most neglected activities in the … (Source: BMC Oral Health)
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– May 20, 2016
Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of dentists regarding child physical abuse in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Mogaddam M, Kamal I, Merdad L, Alamoudi N.
A large proportion of child physical abuse cases go undocumented and unreported. Dentists can play an important role in identifying and reporting these cases, but little has been reported about this issue in Saudi Arabia. The aims of the study were to (1) … (Source: SafetyLit)
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– May 19, 2016
