Summary To test the hypothesis that treatment with orthodontic appliances disturbs masticatory and swallowing performances. Twenty?seven subjects with malocclusions requiring orthodontic treatment were included in this prospective study. The masticatory and swallowing performances were evaluated at five different times: before bracket placement (T0), immediately after archwire placement (T1), 48 h after archwire placement (T2), 30 days after archwire placement (T3) and 3 months after the initial appointment (T4). Masticatory performance was determined by the median particle sizes for the Optocal test food after 15 chewing strokes, and the swallowing thresholds were registered for both the test food and a natural food (peanuts). Pain during mastication was evaluated using a 100?mm vi…
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By elkhornadmin
– August 24, 2014
“Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.”
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By elkhornadmin
– August 23, 2014
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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By elkhornadmin
– August 23, 2014
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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By elkhornadmin
– August 23, 2014
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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Tagged with Body, bone, Coated, Congenital, defects, grow, Help, Injuries, repair, scaffolds, tissue.
By elkhornadmin
– August 23, 2014
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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By elkhornadmin
– August 22, 2014
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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By elkhornadmin
– August 21, 2014
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “a.
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By elkhornadmin
– August 21, 2014
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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Tagged with Augmentation, bone, human, hydroxyapatite/silica, hydroxyapatite?based, materials., morphogenetic, oxide?based, protein?2, recombinant, substitute, synthetic, using, without, xenogenic.
By elkhornadmin
– August 20, 2014
“If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.”
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By elkhornadmin
– August 19, 2014
