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Efficiency of professional tooth brushing before ultrasonic scaling

ConclusionsThese findings indicated that removing the dental plaque biofilm with a toothbrush and dental floss by a hygienist before scaling with an ultrasonic device was more effective in reducing the working time of the dental hygienist. (Source: International Journal of Dental Hygiene)

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Research and Markets: U.S. and European Markets for Overdentures – 2014 Executive Summary

The overdenture market is highly dependent on the dental implant market, as implants are a key component when completing overdenture prostheses. As patient awareness of dental implants increases across the U.S. and Europe, overdentures will increasingly penetrate the denture market and cannibalize market share from conventional dentures.

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Early detection of heart attacks aided by gold nanoparticles

NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering professors have been collaborating with researchers from Peking University on a new test strip that is demonstrating great potential for the early detection of…
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David Letterman

“I’m just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious.”
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Association between oral conditions and functional limitations in childhood

Summary The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of oral conditions on functional limitations among preschoolers. A preschool?based, cross?sectional study was carried out with 843 preschoolers in Campina Grande, Brazil. Parents/caregivers answered a questionnaire addressing socio?demographic characteristics and perceptions regarding the general/oral health of their children as well as the Brazilian version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale. The nonparametric Kruskal–Wallis test followed by Mann–Whitney test (? = 5%) was used to compare mean children’s quality?of?life scores for each independent variable. Poisson regression analysis was used to test associations between the independent and dependent variables (difficulties eating, drinking and speaking…

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Good Oral Health Care Can Lead to Better Management of Diabetes

Jeanne Eder Rhodes didn’t realize how the simple acts of regularly brushing and flossing her teeth could lead to better health for diabetics. Rhodes, 66, who recently retired as head of the University of Alaska’s history department, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 1998.

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Heavy bone loss aound implants in grinder: feedback?

Note the massive bone loss around the implants. Patient is a heavy bruxer but is too lazy to wear the protective nightguard. (Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts)

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Enhanced ICU oral care may reduce risk of lower respiratory tract infection, study shows.

Authors: PMID: 25577820 [PubMed – in process] (Source: Journal of the American Dental Association)
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Your chance to own David Bowie’s teeth

Dental artist Jessine Hein has created dentures of David Bowie’s old teeth from acrylics, plaster and acrylic paint. The toothless can now what it feel like to hold, lick and suck on David Bowie’s teeth.

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Issues arising following a referral and subsequent wait for extraction under general anaesthetic: impact on children

Conclusions: It is clear that pain, sleepless nights and missed school are a feature during a wait for dental GA and can be exacerbated by an extended wait. These data support the need for not only effective prevention of caries within primary care to reduce wait times and experience of GA but also effective management of pain and infection during a prolonged wait for treatment. (Source: BMC Oral Health)

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