The purpose of the study was to evaluate the combined use of two rapid, semiquantitative detection kits (Saliva?Check Mutans and Saliva?Check IgA Mutans) to assess caries risk using the Cariogram computer?based program as a reference method. Stimulated saliva samples were collected from 71 subjects, 20–73 yr of age, and the number of Streptococcus mutans per ml of saliva was measured using Saliva?Check Mutans. After 15 min, a red line in the test detection window indicated >5 × 105 colony?forming units (CFU) of S. mutans per ml of saliva. The concentration of salivary IgA in relation to the number of mutans streptococci was examined using the Saliva?Check IgA Mutans test kit. The presence or absence of a red line after 15 min indicated a high or a low concentration …
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Comparison of Saliva?Check Mutans and Saliva?Check IgA Mutans with the Cariogram for caries risk assessment
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– July 30, 2013
Local dentist changing name, location
A local dentist office will soon expand its services, with plans for a new location, a new name and improved technology to provide care.
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– July 30, 2013
NIH awards oral health research training grant
Buffalo, N.Y.—The University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine Department of Oral Biology received a five-year $ 1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to train future oral health researchers, the school said.
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– July 29, 2013
Peter Ustinov
“The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.”
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– July 29, 2013
TOC 3 pages
(Source: Journal of Endodontics)
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– July 29, 2013
Dr. Vincent Kokich, renowned editor and educator, dies at 68
Tacoma, Wash.—Dr. Vincent G. Kokich, editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics, died of an apparent heart attack July 24. He was 68 years old.
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– July 28, 2013
Dr. Mariana Conant, Dental Implant Dentist in Fairfield, CT…
Dr. Mariana Conant, a cosmetic dentist at Family & Cosmetic Dentistry of Fairfield recently introduced dental implants as an effective alternative to give patients permanent, healthy smiles.
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– July 28, 2013
Modern dentistry may benefit from discovery of an evolutionary compromise for long tooth preservation
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, have conducted stress analyses on gorilla teeth of differing wear stages. Their findings show that different features of the occlusal surface antagonize tensile stresses in the tooth to tooth contact during the chewing process…
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– July 28, 2013
ADA responds to Senate report
Washington—Corporate pressure or requirements that dentist employees perform unnecessary procedures in order to maximize profits, as alleged in a Senate report, would represent “a clear violation of the ethical codes of the profession as set forth in the ADA Code of Professional Conduct,” the Association said.
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– July 27, 2013
Dr. Seuss
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
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– July 27, 2013
