The uptake rate of preventative dental care increased over a ten-year period in the United States, but there remains a large disparity among ethnic groups, reports one of the largest and most comprehensive studies on the subject, published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Public Health.
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Improvements needed in preventive dental care in the USA
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– December 24, 2013
FDA launches mobile friendly website
Silver Spring, Md. – The Food and Drug Administration launched a version of the FDA.gov website accessible to users of “the most popular mobile devices” including smartphones and tablets while continuing to support traditional desktop and laptop computers. Web pages offering FDA’s “most popular content,” including recalls, safety alerts, consumer updates, agency news and blogs, adjust to the device user’s screen.
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– December 23, 2013
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.”
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– December 23, 2013
Caries management through the Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) approach and glass-ionomers: update 2013
(Source: Brazilian Oral Research)
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– December 23, 2013
Des Moines Water Works will continue fluoridating
Des Moines, Iowa—After soliciting public comments on fluoridation for six weeks, the Des Moines Water Works Board accepted a recommendation from its technical staff Dec. 17 to continue fluoridating its water supply.
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– December 22, 2013
Effect of an oral hygienic care program for stroke patients in the intensive care unit.
Conclusion: Our OHCP was effective in improving the oral hygienic status and periodontal health of stroke patients during their stay in the ICU. Therefore, we recommend administration of the OHCP for stroke patients during their stay in the ICU. PMID: 24339313 [PubMed – in process] (Source: Yonsei Medical Journal)
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– December 22, 2013
Site not clear on dental benefits for kids
Oral health advocates say Maryland’s health insurance exchange and insurance providers are not doing enough to inform consumers about children’s dental benefits guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act.
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– December 22, 2013
Forensic dental data supplement paves way for interoperability between dental offices, municipalities
Washington—As do fingerprints and DNA, dental data will now have a communication protocol as the basis for interaction and interoperability among the various forensic dental repositories and systems deployed internationally.
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– December 21, 2013
Clinical accuracy of two electronic apex locators in teeth with large periapical lesions
ConclusionsDespite the presence of exudate in the root canals, the position of the major foramen in teeth with large periapical lesions can be determined with high level of precision either by ProPex or Apex Pointer. Both EALs can be used safely in working length determination of teeth with large periapical lesions which have persistent intracanal exudate.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. (Source: International Endodontic Journal)
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– December 21, 2013
