Little evidence supports twice yearly dental preventive care visits for all adults, and frequency of patient visits should be based on personalized medicine that also accounts for genetics, according to a University of Michigan study published June 10 in the Journal of Dental Research.
University of Michigan study evaluates frequency of dental visits
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– June 13, 2013
Socrates
“The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.”
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Correlation between subjective and objective evaluation of peri?implant soft tissue color
ConclusionsWithin the limitation of this study, a correlation between the subjective and the objective evaluation of the peri?implant soft tissue exists and the threshold for the distinction of mucosal color differences between perfect or good matching and distinguishable subjective values has been calculated in ?E = 8.74 in the objective evaluation. (Source: Clinical Oral Implants Research)
MedWorm: Dentistry
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Man Finds Piranha Relative in Maquoketa River
About three weeks ago, Kory Wulfekuhle was bow fishing the Maquoketa River, near Manchester, when his arrow struck a strange fish.
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– June 13, 2013
Tooth Enamel May Be Damaged By Early Exposure To Bisphenol A
Are teeth the latest victims of bisphenol A? Yes, according to the conclusions of work carried out by the research team led by Ariane Berdal of the Universite Paris-Diderot and Sylvie Babajko, Research Director at Inserm Unit 872 “Centre des Cordeliers”. The researchers have shown that the teeth of rats treated with low daily doses of BPA could be damaged by this…
Dentistry News From Medical News Today
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– June 13, 2013
ADA commends Senate oral health care bill
Washington—The Association thanked Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for offering “important oral health provisions” in legislation to reauthorize the landmark Older Americans Act.
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– June 12, 2013
The nocturnal use of complete dentures and sleep stability in edentulous elders
Conclusion Results of this study suggest that wearing complete dentures while sleeping has little effect on sleep quality or daytime sleepiness. (Source: Journal of Dentistry)
MedWorm: Dentistry
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Readers’ favourite India curiosities
BBC correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan’s feature on 10 things you might not know about India generated a huge response.
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– June 12, 2013
ADA and Sharecare part ways
The ADA has terminated its relationship with Sharecare.
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– June 11, 2013
Desiderius Erasmus
“It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.”
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