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Jaw movements in patients with a history of pain: an exploratory study

Summary The aims were to determine whether individuals with a past history of pain exhibit (i) altered jaw movement (e.g. reduced amplitude, increased jaw movement variability) in comparison with matched asymptomatic controls, and (ii) correlations between psychological measures (e.g. catastrophising) and altered jaw movement variables. Sixteen participants with a history of trigeminal neuropathic pain (TNP) and 15 age? and gender?matched healthy controls had jaw movements recorded during open/close, free gum chewing and chewing at standardised rates. All completed the Pain Catastrophising Scale (PCS), the Pain Self?Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ), and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS). Velocity and amplitude for open/close and chewing, as well as variability, bias and m…

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Phil Ball: A visit to the dentist and other problemsPhil Ball: A…

Phil Ball: A visit to the dentist and other problems Columnist Phil Ball describes his latest trip to the dentist Check out this story on thestarpress.com: http://tspne.ws/1oZJKxM Have you been to the dentist recently? It sure is fun.

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Coated tissue scaffolds help the body grow new bone to repair injuries or congenital defects

MIT chemical engineers have devised a new implantable tissue scaffold coated with bone growth factors that are released slowly over a few weeks.
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Study shows steep decline in tooth loss, increase in socioeconomic disparities

Alexandria, Va., USA – The International and American Associations for Dental Research have published a paper titled “Projections of U.S. Edentulism Prevalence Following Five Decades of Decline.”

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KC medical device company gets clearance for sales

Epic Medical Concepts & Innovations Inc., a medical device company based in Mission, has gained approval from the Food and Drug Administration to begin selling a product used in dental offices. The product, called the FlexiLume Dental LED System, combines all of the lighting equipment common in dentist exam rooms into one smaller, cheaper and more versatile product. “This is really a time saver and a cost saver for dental suites where they’ve got $ 20,000 or $ 30,000 worth of lighting in each chair,”… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)

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Patent Application Titled ‘Dental Partial’ Published Online

Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “a.

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Bone augmentation using a synthetic hydroxyapatite/silica oxide?based and a xenogenic hydroxyapatite?based bone substitute materials with and without recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein?2

ConclusionsDBBM and HA/SiO rendered comparable amounts of bone regeneration. The addition of rhBMP?2 to DBBM resulted in more favorable outcomes with respect to the area of bone regeneration and to bone?to?implant contact, thereby indicating the potential of this growth factor to enhance bone regeneration within this animal model. (Source: Clinical Oral Implants Research)

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Jimmy Buffett

“If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.”
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Inhibitory effects of a cured antibacterial bonding system on viability and metabolic activity of oral bacteria

Abstract: Objectives: To evaluate the antimicrobial efficacy of Clearfil SE Protect (CP) and Clearfil SE Bond (CB) after curing and rinsed against five individual oral microorganisms as well as a mixture of bacterial culture prepared from the selected test organisms.Methods: Bacterial suspensions were prepared from single species of Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sobrinus, Streptococcus gordonii, Actinomyces viscosus and Lactobacillus lactis, as well as mixed bacterial suspensions from these organisms. Dentin bonding system discs (6mm×2mm) were prepared, cured, washed and placed on the bacterial suspension of single species or multispecies bacteria for 15, 30 and 60min. MTT, Live/Dead bacterial viability (antibacterial effect), and XTT (metabolic activity) assays were used to test th…

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Search for an NHS dentist ‘degrading’

The patient spoke to Healthwatch Kirklees and said: “I’m a 65 year old pensioner, I called up my dentist for new dentures.

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