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Dental coding workshop in Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City—Registration is open for an FBI-sponsored National Crime Information Center Dental Coding Workshop here June 7-8.

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Annual failure rates and marginal bone?level changes of immediate compared to conventional loading of dental implants. A systematic review of the literature and meta?analysis

ConclusionNo clinically relevant differences regarding annual failure rates or radiographic bone?level changes between conventionally and immediately loaded implants can be found for up to 5 years of follow?up. (Source: Clinical Oral Implants Research)

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In healthy mouths good fungi keep bad ones in check

Human mouths contain a balanced mix of microbes which, when disrupted, can lead to oral diseases. A study published on March 13th in PLOS Pathogens compares the bacteria and fungi present in the mouths of healthy individuals with those from patients infected with HIV, and illustrates why oral candidiasis (aka “thrush”) is a common complication of HIV infection.
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Steven Novella, M.D., renowned science blogger to keynote EBD Conference

When it comes to applying a skeptic’s eye to science and evidence, the upcoming EBD Conference has just the right clinician to address the topic—Steven Novella, M.D.

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C-U townships: Health care overhaul freeing up budget room

Champaign-Urbana’s township supervisors say the Affordable Care Act is going to free up a significant portion of their budgets – which ultimately means more services will be available to the poorest people in the two cities.

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Virulent tooth decay in toddlers can be caused by combination of bacterium and fungus

Early childhood caries, a highly aggressive and painful form of tooth decay that frequently occurs in preschool children, especially from backgrounds of poverty, may result from a nefarious partnership between a bacterium and a fungus, according to a paper published ahead of print in the journal Infection and Immunity.
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Bacterium and fungus act in tandem to cause early childhood caries, Penn researchers say

The relationship between a bacterium and a fungus may be responsible for early childhood caries, report University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine investigators online Feb. 24 in the journal Infection and Immunity.

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Implants placed 20 years ago: can anyone help?

This patient had the mesial implant removed. He wants me to place another and then restore this case. (Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts)

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Free dental clinic in Suffolk

Hundreds showed up and turned the gym at Kings Fork Middle School into one big dental clinic today.

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Oral thrush a common complication of HIV ‘because of fungi’

A new study investigates the role of bacteria and fungi in the human mouth. Researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, published their findings in the journal PLOS Pathogens.Experts know that organisms that live in our mouths are capable of contributing to both health and disease.
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