Salivary secretion and drug treatment in four 70?year?old Swedish cohorts during a period of 30 years
ConclusionIn these four groups of 70?year?old participants, high drug consumption was associated with lower salivary flow. Unstimulated secretion was only affected in women and then, when taking four or more drugs. Pronounced hyposalivation was, however, uncommon. Cardiovascular drugs, antidepressants and antipsychotics were associated with low salivary secretion. In this age group, the frequently observed association between polypharmacy and a lower saliva secretion rate represents a risk of impaired dental health. (Source: Gerodontology)
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– December 1, 2013
DreamEDGE Venturing Into Healthcare Industry Next Year, Says CEO
By Zarul Effendi Razali PETALING JAYA, Nov 30 — DreamEDGE Sdn Bhd is planning to venture into the healthcare sector by opening the DreamEDGE Dental Lab in Taiping in the first quarter of next year with an estimated RM10 million investment.
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– December 1, 2013
Columbia, Mo., city council votes to continue fluoridation
Columbia, Mo.—Following nearly a year of discussions that originated with a request from a private citizen to stop fluoridating the city’s water supply, the Columbia City Council voted unanimously Nov. 4 to continue fluoridating.
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– November 30, 2013
Validity of the Oral Behaviours Checklist: correlations between OBC scores and intensity of facial pain
Summary The first purpose of this study was to translate the Oral Behaviours Checklist (OBC) into Dutch and to examine its psychometric properties. The second purpose was to examine the correlations between scores on the OBC and facial pain, while controlling for the possible confounding effects of psychosocial factors, such as stress, depression, somatisation and anxiety. The OBC was translated, following the international RDC/TMD consortium guidelines. Its psychometric properties were examined by assessing the test–retest reliability and concurrent validity [correlations between the OBC and the previously developed Oral Parafunctions Questionnaire (OPQ)]. Participants were 155 patients with TMD (77% female; mean age and s.d. = 43·6 and 14·4 years). The translation of the OBC into …
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– November 30, 2013
Empty Stocking Fund helps woman pay for dentures
Louise lost her teeth and was unable to chew food. Since she has very small gums, dentures had to be customized to fit securely.
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– November 30, 2013
Space requirement of a prefabricated bar on two interforaminal implants: a prospective clinical study
ConclusionsThe lingual size of a lower denture was enlarged by the integration of a prefabricated bar without any negative side effects. Thus, this attachment system is suitable to convert an existing full denture into an implant?supported overdenture. (Source: Clinical Oral Implants Research)
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– November 29, 2013
Patient-centered brochure examines antibiotics in dentistry
The ADA patient education brochure Antibiotics and Dental Treatment (W307) can help to clarify who should take antibiotics before dental treatment and who should not.
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– November 28, 2013
Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata
“Exercise relieves stress. Nothing relieves exercise.”
Quotes of the Day
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– November 28, 2013
