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What causes a canker sore?

Q: I have a small, white, painful sore under my tongue. I have had this several times before and it usually goes away after a week or so, but it seems to come back again.

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Levels of interleukin?37 in gingival crevicular fluid, saliva, or plasma in periodontal disease

ConclusionsIL?37 was expressed in all biofluids. According to our findings, the total amount of IL?37 in gingival crevicular fluid, or salivary or plasma concentrations of IL?37, may not be useful diagnostic markers to differentiate periodontal disease and the periodontally healthy condition. The difference in gingival crevicular fluid IL?37 concentration between the study groups may be a result of the variation in gingival crevicular fluid volume, as suggested by the negative correlation between gingival crevicular fluid volume and gingival crevicular fluid IL?37 concentration. In the light of our findings, it seems that IL?37 is not involved in periodontal disease. Further comprehensive studies may clarify this issue more clearly. (Source: Journal of Periodontal Research)

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Topless Miley Cyrus Has a New Job: Dentures Salesman

That crazy girl Miley Cyrus revealed on Instagram yesterday that she has a new business venture: Billy-Bob dentures. You know, those gross-looking fake teeth that people wear for laughs and fun.

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Just one 10-second kiss transfers 80 million bacteria

A new study examining oral microbiota finds that when couples kiss intimately at high frequencies, their salivary microbiota become similar.
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Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine

“Here’s a tip to avoid death by celebrity: First off, get a life. They can’t touch you if you’re out doing something interesting.”
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Non-antibacterial tetracycline formulations: clinical applications in dentistry and medicine.

Authors: Gu Y, Walker C, Ryan ME, Payne JB, Golub LM Abstract In 1983, it was first reported that tetracyclines (TCs) can modulate the host response, including (but not limited to) inhibition of pathologic matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity, and by mechanisms unrelated to the antibacterial properties of these drugs. Soon thereafter, strategies were developed to generate non-antibacterial formulations (subantimicrobial-dose doxycycline; SDD) and compositions (chemically modified tetracyclines; CMTs) of TCs as host-modulating drugs to treat periodontal and other inflammatory diseases. This review focuses on the history and rationale for the development of: (a) SDD which led to two government-approved medications, one for periodontitis and the other for acne/rosacea and (b) CMTs,…

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How George Washington’s Bad Teeth Helped Win the Revolutionary War

As he aged, George Washington gradually lost his teeth. Throughout his life, he consulted a variety of dentists to provide dentures for him.

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Fletcher Knebel

“Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.”
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Effect of periodontal treatment on peak serum levels of inflammatory markers

Conclusion Subjects with untreated periodontitis may show high peaks for several inflammatory markers in serum simultaneously. Nonsurgical periodontal treatment with or without antibiotics reduced most of these peak levels. (Source: Clinical Oral Investigations)

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Dr. Randolph S. Moore Improves Placement of Dental Implants with Cone Beam Technology

Lawrenceville residents who are missing one or more teeth can now receive dental implants with greater accuracy, from Dr. Randolph S. Moore. Dr. Moore now utilizes revolutionary Cone Beam Imaging technology to place implants in the most accurate and effective way possible.

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