Dutch architect Rem D Koolhaas collaborated with Zaha Hadid for the Nova shoe which claims to be the first shoe to use rotation molding in its manufacture Shoes with bite For thier predator shoes, London based art duo Fantich and Young attch teeth from dentures to Savile Row Oxfords Winged heels The Wings Variation shoe is part of a collection from … (more)
In Pictures: Weirdest shoes ever made
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– July 22, 2014
Social oral epidemi(olog)2y where next: one small step or one giant leap?
Abstract Since the early 1990s, there has been heated debate critically reflecting on social epidemiology. Yet, very little of this debate has reached oral epidemiology. This is no more noticeable than in the field of oral health inequalities. One of the significant achievements of social oral epidemiology has been the persistent documentation of social patterning of oral disease. Nevertheless, where social oral epidemiology has fallen down is going beyond description to explaining these patterns. Thinking how and in what way things happen, not just in relation to oral health inequalities but also more broadly, requires a more creative approach which links to scholarship outside of dentistry, including the work from critical epidemiologists to that within the social sciences. The aim of th…
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– July 21, 2014
Tactile sensory and pain thresholds in the face and tongue of subjects asymptomatic for oro?facial pain and headache
Summary The aim of this study was to examine the tactile sensory and pain thresholds in the face, tongue, hand and finger of subjects asymptomatic for pain. Sixteen healthy volunteers (eight men and eight women, mean age 35·7 years, range 27–41) participated. Using Semmes–Weinstein monofilaments, the tactile detection threshold (TDT) and the filament?prick pain detection threshold (FPT) were measured at five sites: on the cheek skin (CS), tongue tip (TT), palm side of the thenar skin (TS), dorsum of the hand (DH) and the finger tip (FT). The difference between the tactile sensory and pain threshold (FPT–TDT) was also calculated. Both for the TDT and FPT, TT and DH had the lowest and highest values, respectively. As for the FPT–TDT, there were no significant differences among th…
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– July 20, 2014
How should lawmakers decide what deserves mandatory coverage?
OVERNOR PATRICK’S move last month to require health insurers to cover gender reassignment surgery revived a perennial flash point: For health insurers and the employers who pay most premiums, opting not to cover some services makes insurance cheaper.
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– July 20, 2014
Dr. Thomas Fuller
“Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong.”
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– July 19, 2014
Mouthwashes for the control of supragingival biofilm and gingivitis in orthodontic patients: evidence-based recommendations for clinicians
Properly performed daily mechanical biofilm control is the most important prevention strategy for periodontal diseases. However, proper mechanical biofilm control is not performed effectively by the majority of the population, mainly due to lack of motivation and of manual dexterity. Local biofilm retention factors may aggravate home oral hygiene quality. For this reason, patients wearing fixed orthodontic appliances comprise a group that may benefit from the daily use of mouthwashes. The purpose of this review was to perform a systematic search in the literature on antiseptics used to control supragingival biofilm and gingivitis in orthodontic patients. Six studies investigating the effect of chlorhexidine and 5 studies evaluating the effect of the daily use of antiseptics were found. Chl…
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– July 19, 2014
Man Covers Car In Dental Tools And Parts As An Art Project
Its part car, part dentistry and part pop-art. This so-called “chewbaru” stopped traffic as it passed through Missoula, Montana Thursday.
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– July 19, 2014
Logan Pearsall Smith
“What music is more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can’t hear what they say?”
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– July 18, 2014
The effects of fibrinogen concentration on fibrin/atelocollagen composite gel: an in vitro and in vivo study in rabbit calvarial bone defect
ConclusionOur results demonstrate that optimization of the fibrinogen content of fibrin/AT?COL composites should be beneficial for bone tissue engineering. (Source: Clinical Oral Implants Research)
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– July 18, 2014
New study reveals widespread support for rapid HIV testing in dental surgeries
More than 80 per cent of oral health patients are willing to receive rapid HIV-testing in dental settings, which could help reduce the spread of the HIV according to a groundbreaking study revealed…
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– July 18, 2014
