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Effects of temperature and in-office bleaching agents on surface and subsurface properties of aesthetic restorative materials

Conclusion The influence of environmental temperature on the in-office bleaching effects on surface and subsurface microhardness of dental materials was material-dependent. However, no substance loss was detected due to the tested bleaching regimen. Clinical significance Environmental temperature should be considered when evaluating the possible bleaching effects on restorative materials. Moreover, dentists should be aware that there might be a need for polishing of restorative materials in clinical situations in which restorations are accidentally exposed to bleaching gels. (Source: Journal of Dentistry)
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Just the Facts-August 5

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Ellen DeGeneres

“In the beginning there was nothing. God said, ‘Let there be light!’ And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.”
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Vanishing bone disease of the mandible – a case report

ConclusionThe Gorham–Stout syndrome though rarely seen in the facial skeleton, it is important to consider it in the differential diagnosis of osteolytic lesions of the jaws. (Source: Gerodontology)
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‘Frontier dentistry’ making lives whole

Last August, Jefferson University Hospital surgeons removed a Haitian man’s diseased lower jaw, then reconstructed it using bone from his left leg.

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Lena Prima to perform at ADA Foundation Gala in New Orleans

Recording artist Lena Prima, daughter of jazz giant Louis Prima, will headline the entertainment at the 2013 ADA Foundation Give Kids A Smile Gala on Friday, Nov. 1 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside to be held during the ADA Annual Session.

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Two?colour chewing gum mixing ability: digitalisation and spatial heterogeneity analysis

Summary Many techniques are available to assess masticatory performance, but not all are appropriate for every population. A proxy suitable for elderly persons suffering from dementia was lacking, and a two?colour chewing gum mixing ability test was investigated for this purpose. A fully automated digital analysis algorithm was applied to a mixing ability test using two?coloured gum samples in a stepwise increased number of chewing cycles protocol (Experiment 1: n = 14; seven men, 19–63 years), a test–retest assessment (Experiment 2: n = 10; four men, 20–49 years) and compared to an established wax cubes mixing ability test (Experiment 3: n = 13; 0 men, 21–31 years). Data were analysed with repeated measures anova (Experiment 1), the calculation of the intraclass corre…

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Scientists Make Teeth Using Urine

Duanqing Pei, a professor of stem cell biology at the research institute, took epithelial cells found in urine and converted them into teeth.

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ADA urges Congress

Washington—Passage of legislation to reverse an increase in federal student loan interest rates is encouraging but lawmakers should consider additional reforms, the Association told Congress. President Obama was expected to sign into law bipartisan legislation that would apply to loans issued after July 1, 2013.

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Bill Vaughan

“We learn something every day, and lots of times it’s that what we learned the day before was wrong.”
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