Launch is your typical startup conference: Entrepreneurs pitch their startups to a group of judges, primarily investors and tech press.
How a homeless person moved an audience of tech workers to tears at Launch conference
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– February 28, 2014
Byproducts from bacteria-causing gum disease incite deadly oral cancer growth
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University have discovered how byproducts in the form of small fatty acids from two bacteria prevalent in gum disease incite the growth of deadly Kaposi’s sarcoma-related (KS) lesions and tumors in the mouth.
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– February 28, 2014
Medical officials meet to discuss most common chronic disease in children
Dentists will be among 75 health providers and educators from across Northern Kentucky who meet Feb. 28 to discuss issues affecting oral health for children and decide on strategies to improve it. The summit at the Boone County Public Library in Burlington is being organized by the Healthy Smiles for Our Kids coalition, which cited tooth decay as the most common chronic disease that affects children. “This summit will examine where we currently stand in regards to children’s oral health, and… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
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– February 27, 2014
Glendale dental specialist improves smiles and saves lives
A Glendale dental specialist is lending a hand to poor and indigent transplant patients around the state and country – helping to ensure their life-saving surgery doesn’t kill them.
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– February 27, 2014
ADA, AAPD call for audit standards
Washington—American Dental Association and American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry appeals for standardized Medicaid audit procedures cut against the grain of a Feb. 24-25 program integrity summit convened by the Medicaid-CHIP State Dental Association.
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– February 26, 2014
Factors associated with paediatric dentists’ perception of dental pain in pre?schoolers: a mixed?methods study
ConclusionNoticing dental pain in pre?schoolers was associated with specialists’ experience and the need for visible signs; dentists do not always feel completely prepared to recognise pain in pre?schoolers. (Source: International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry)
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– February 26, 2014
Dental calculus offers a window into the past, may unlock a ‘microbial Pompeii’
An international team of researchers have discovered a ‘microbial Pompeii’ preserved on the teeth of skeletons around 1,000 years old. The key to the discovery is the dental calculus (plaque) which preserves bacteria and microscopic particles of food on the surfaces of teeth, effectively creating a mineral tomb for microbiomes.
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– February 26, 2014
Chicago Dental Society honors NASCAR’s Greg Biffle
While NASCAR’s Greg Biffle was in Florida preparing for the 2014 season-opening Daytona 500, dental and dental industry leaders gathered Feb. 20 at the Chicago Dental Society’s 149th Midwinter Meeting at McCormick Place West to laud the Give Kids A Smile ambassador’s work in raising awareness of oral health issues.
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– February 25, 2014
Sidney J. Harris
“Nothing can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.”
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– February 25, 2014
