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Orlando Dentist Now Using Automated Alert System for Patient Convenience

Dr. Thomas Overmeyer, an elite Orlando dentist, is using a new automated system that will make it easier for patients to confirm dental appointments. The new system, provided by Solutionreach, is a subscription-based service that uses texts, emails and phone calls to help patients confirm appointments at their convenience.

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Niobium pentoxide as radiopacifying agent of calcium silicate-based material: evaluation of physicochemical and biological properties

Conclusions The addition of Nb2O5 to the CS resulted in a material biocompatible and with adequate characteristics regarding radiopacity and final setting time and provides an alkaline pH to the environment. Furthermore, the particle size did not significantly affect the physicochemical and biological properties of the calcium silicate-based cement. Clinical relevance Niobium pentoxide can be used as radiopacifier for the development of calcium silicate-based materials. (Source: Clinical Oral Investigations)

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Bowie Dentist Can Now Place Dental Implants, Permanent Teeth in One Visit

Dr. Stafford Conley is implementing a new service that will allow patients to have their missing or failing teeth replaced in just one day with dental implants and a crown or fixed bridge. Dr. Conley is a general dentist who has placed dental implants for more than six years.

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Failure analysis of adhesive restorations with SEM and OCT: from marginal gaps to restoration loss

Conclusions When marginal imperfections, or non-continuous margins, were detected by SEM, also imperfections beneath the surface could be observed at the tooth-restoration interface with OCT. Restoration loss occurred above the borderline of 50 % of marginal gaps on enamel and dentin. Clinical relevance Marginal discrepancies of adhesive restorations can propagate inside the cavity and lead to restoration loss. (Source: Clinical Oral Investigations)

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Brea Dental Practice Set to Launch Newly Designed Website

The practice’s new website, www.brea-dentalgroup.com , will have easy-to-use features for new and current patients; detailed descriptions of services; click-to-call options; and web form applications that make it possible for patients to schedule dental procedures online. Brea Dental Group, owned by Dr. John Whitworth, includes dentists skilled in preventive dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, restorative dentistry, orthodontics, implant dentistry and oral surgery.

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Green tea ingredient may target protein to kill oral cancer cells

A compound found in green tea may trigger a cycle that kills oral cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone, according to Penn State food scientists.
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Heywood Broun

“Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.”
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Acknowledgement to Reviewers 2014

Caries Res 2015;49:90 (Source: Caries Research)
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Clearwater Dentist Volunteers at Dental Clinic to Assist Underserved Patients

Dr. James Hayslett is volunteering his time with the Community Dental Clinic to treat Clearwater residents who otherwise would have no access to oral health care. Dr. Hayslett is one of the owners of Clearwater Dental Associates, along with Dr. Matthew Burton and Dr. Nolan Allen.

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Pat Conroy

“I’ve always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position.”
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