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Georgetown Dental Team Excels
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– February 15, 2015
Titratable acidity of beverages influences salivary pH recovery
A low pH and a high titratable acidity of juices and cola-based beverages are relevant factors that contribute to dental erosion, but the relative importance of these properties to maintain salivary pH at demineralizing levels for long periods of time after drinking is unknown. In this crossover study conducted in vivo, orange juice, a cola-based soft drink, and a 10% sucrose solution (negative control) were tested. These drinks differ in terms of their pH (3.5 ± 0.04, 2.5 ± 0.05, and 5.9 ± 0.1, respectively) and titratable acidity (3.17 ± 0.06, 0.57 ± 0.04 and < 0.005 mmols OH- to reach pH 5.5, respectively). Eight volunteers with a normal salivary flow rate and buffering capacity kept 15 mL of each beverage in their mouth for 10 s, exp…
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– February 14, 2015
South Bend company makes big investment in digital denture tech
That’s the goal of a company on the city’s south side known as Heraeus Kulzer. Heraeus is buying $ 1.5 million worth of new equipment in support of what it sees as a revolutionary technological breakthrough.
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– February 14, 2015
Harry Golden
“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.”
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– February 13, 2015
Effects of handpiece speed on the performance of undergraduate dental students in preclinical training
Conclusions The type of handpiece did not influence the learning capabilities of the undergraduate dental students in the preparation of preparing class I cavities. This study did not observe any significant differences between the cavities that were prepared by our students using either high-speed or low-speed handpieces. (Source: Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences)
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– February 13, 2015
Dentures lodged in esophagus during surgery, lawsuit claims
JERSEY CITY – A Kearny woman is suing Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus for letting her dentures lodge in her esophagus while she was under anesthesia for a 2013 surgical procedure. Lourdes Rivera, 56, eventually needed a tracheostomy to remove lower partial dentures that got stuck in her esophagus and remained there for three months, according to the lawsuit filed in state Superior Court in Hudson County last month.
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– February 13, 2015
Can you Identify this implant screw ?
I recovered this stripped (head) screw from an unidentified external hex implant fixture and I need to replace it . (Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts)
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– February 12, 2015
Too old for cavities? Think again, dentists say
Alice Boghosian, a dentist in Niles, Ill., says she was working on an 87-year-old patient recently when she discovered a cavity and exclaimed, “You have got to be kidding me.” Boghosian, a consumer advisor Too old for cavities? Think again, dentists say Alice Boghosian, a dentist in Niles, Ill., says she was working on an 87-year-old patient recently when she discovered a cavity and exclaimed, “You have got to be kidding me.”
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– February 12, 2015
Niels Bohr
“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
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– February 11, 2015
