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No more needles at the dentist – just a tiny electric current instead

Research reveals a new way to administer anesthetic in the mouth.If you’re scared of the dentist’s needles you’re not alone – but new research means you might not have to put off that…
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Could cytokine levels in the peri?implant crevicular fluid be used to distinguish between healthy implants and implants with peri?implantitis? A systematic review

ConclusionThe results of this systematic review indicate moderate evidence in the literature to support that implants with peri?implantitis present higher levels of proinflammatory cytokines in the PICF than do healthy implants. Evidence regarding the PICF levels of anti?inflammatory cytokines, osteoclastogenesis?related cytokines and chemokines as possible predictors of peri?implantitis is too limited. (Source: Journal of Periodontal Research)

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Roscoe’s Treasure: Belle and her dad look to dentist for answers

THE STORY SO FAR: Belle and her family are working to find the owner of the denture plate that their dog Roscoe brought home after a few days of wondering. They first checked with the neighbors and then put an ad in the paper.

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Dental care in the bush needs GP up-skilling

Rural GPs called on to perform dental care believe they need better training in this area, more support, including primary prevention community activities, and improved access to dental services…
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Lech Walesa

“I’m lazy. But it’s the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn’t like walking or carrying things. ”
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Mini dental implants retaining mandibular overdentures: A dental practice-based retrospective analysis

Conclusions After mid-term observation, survival of MDI was good. However, the incidence of denture base fractures and of minor prosthetic complications should not be under-estimated. (Source: Journal of Prosthodontic Research)

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Contents Vol. 49, 2015

Caries Res 2015;49:I-V (Source: Caries Research)
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Nano-shells deliver molecules that tell bone to repair itself

Scientists at the University of Michigan have developed a polymer sphere that delivers a molecule to bone wounds that tells cells already at the injury site to repair the damage.
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R. D. Laing

“We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.”
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Caries Res 2015;49:650 (Source: Caries Research)

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