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Tooth decay: sugar industry ‘behaved like tobacco manufacturers

Undue influence by the sugar industry on US dental health policy has been alleged as part of an investigation into insider documents from the 1960s.
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Characterization of victims of aggression and transportation accidents treated at the Forensic Medicine and Dentistry Institute – Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil – 2010

The objective of this cross-sectional census study was to characterize agression and land-based transport accidents in a city in the Northeast of Brazil. Data was analyzed from live victims who were treated at a forensic service (N = 2.379). In the descriptive analysis, the majority of events were represented by aggression (71.6%); which occurred on weekdays (65%), with 35.1% at night. Trauma occurred to the whole body (63.6%) and to soft tissue (74.2%). On the basis of multiple correspondence analysis, two dimensions were formed: the first dimension (internal reliability = 0.654) was formed by the cause of the event, the trauma and the age group and the second dimension (reliability = 0.514), by age group, occupation and civil status. Three groups with distinct profiles were formed for ac…

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‘Total Divas: Model Behavior’ recap review

On this week’s ” Total Divas ,” which aired on E! yesterday, it begins at Brie and Daniel Bryan’s home, Brie showed Daniel a home voice alert system she bought to keep them safe after a recent break in at their house. They recorded their voices and their dog’s barking for the alert system but Daniel said he didn’t think that would work.

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Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

“My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.”
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Ridge preservation after ridge expansion with simultaneous guided bone regeneration: a preclinical study

ConclusionsIn this ridge expansion model in miniature pigs, the buccal bone volume was significantly better preserved with GBR when compared to a mucosal access flap, provided that soft tissue healing occurred complication free. (Source: Clinical Oral Implants Research)

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A Perfectly Awful Work Day

Let’s be honest. There are not a lot of perfect people in the world. I can think of only two — me and you.

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Jay Leno

“If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.”
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Conditioned medium from fresh and demineralized bone enhances osteoclastogenesis in murine bone marrow cultures

ConclusionsThese data demonstrate that activated BCM by heat and DBM are able to stimulate osteoclastogenesis in vitro. These in vitro results support the notion that the resorption of autografts may be supported by as yet less defined paracrine mechanisms. (Source: Clinical Oral Implants Research)

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Expert Advice from the dental practice of Dr. Deborah Lesem

At her general dental practice, Dr. Deborah Lesem offers elec-tive procedures, including tooth bleaching, bonding, veneers and tooth replacement via crowns, bridges and dentures. Below, Lesem shares the ins-and-outs of these procedures.

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Influence of material surface on the scanning error of a powder-free 3D measuring system

Conclusions The inaccuracies between the tooth and material surfaces, as well as the scan noise for the materials, were within the range of error for measurements used for conventional impressions and are therefore negligible. The presence of water, however, greatly affects the scan. Clinical relevance The tested powder-free 3D measuring system can safely be used to scan different material surfaces without the prior application of a powder, although drying of the surface prior to scanning is highly advisable. (Source: Clinical Oral Investigations)

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