“I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?”
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Jean Kerr
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– March 12, 2014
Reasons for failures of oral implants
This study reviews the literature regarding the factors contributing to failures of dental implants. An electronic search was undertaken including papers from 2004 onwards. The titles and abstracts from these results were read to identify studies within the selection criteria. All reference lists of the selected studies were then hand?searched, this time without time restrictions. A narrative review discussed some findings from the first two parts where separate data from non?comparative studies may have indicated conclusions different from those possible to draw in the systematic analysis. It may be suggested that the following situations are correlated to increase the implant failure rate: a low insertion torque of implants that are planned to be immediately or early loaded, inexperi…
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– March 12, 2014
Guillermo Rodriguez, CDT
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– March 12, 2014
ADAF Harris Grant accepting applications; due April 25
The application deadline is April 25 for the ADA Foundation’s Samuel Harris Fund for Children’s Dental Health grant program.
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– March 11, 2014
George Santayana
“Why shouldn’t things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go very well together.”
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– March 11, 2014
Nutritional status and physical activity level as risk factor for traumatic dental injuries occurrence: a systematic review
ConclusionThe results suggest that no truly causal relationship exists between dental trauma and physical activity and nutritional status. Due to the relatively low level of evidence currently present, studies with more robust design, for example, prospective cohort should address this question, especially in view of the epidemic of obesity. (Source: Dental Traumatology)
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– March 11, 2014
Epigenetics and oral health
A visit to the dentist could one day require a detailed look at how genes in a patient’s body are being switched on or off, as well as examining their pearly whites, according to researchers at the University of Adelaide.
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– March 11, 2014
Researchers identify key enzyme found in disease-causing bacteria responsible for heart valve disease
A disease-causing bacterium found in the mouth needs manganese, a trace mineral, in order to cause a serious heart infection, according to a preclinical study led by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth UniversityPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research in the School of Dentistry.The findings, which may solve a longstanding mystery of why some bacteria need manganese to cause disease, provide possible new targets for antibiotics. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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– March 10, 2014
Urgent plea for dental patients to aid training
DENTAL students at Scotland’s flagship school risk failing their final year due to a shortage of patients on whom to practise vital treatments.
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– March 10, 2014
