ConclusionsDentists who were knowledgeable about periodontal disease were more likely to counsel pregnant patients. Future interventions should improve the oral health knowledge of dentists and other healthcare professionals regarding the importance of comprehensive dental care, including periodontal treatment when needed, for all pregnant patients. (Source: Special Care in Dentistry)
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Multilevel factors associated with dentists’ counseling of pregnant women about periodontal health
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Disgust over denture swap
An 88-year-old rest-home patient suffering dementia was made to wear someone else’s dirty false teeth after her own were lost, her family says.
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– March 15, 2013
Radiotherapy-Associated Oral Mucositis: Promising New Drug Offers Treatment And Protection
Mouse model studies show that administered genetically or topically, protein Smad7 protects against or heals mouth sores commonly associated with cancer treatment. In some cancer patients treated with radiation, the mouth sores known as oral mucositis become so severe that feeding tubes are required for nutrition and narcotics are needed for pain…
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– March 15, 2013
Smile, you’re going to be a dentist
A smile, it’s been said, is a curve that sets everything straight. But it was the lack of a proper smile that led 2012-13 ADA Foundation Scholarship Program winner Gustavo Hernandez straight to dentistry.
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– March 14, 2013
Margaret Thatcher
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.”
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Oral myiasis: a case report
We present a case report of oral myiasis in a 22?year?old male with cerebral palsy and severe mental retardation treated successfully by manual removal of the larvae by topical application of turpentine oil and oral systemic therapy with ivermectin. (Source: Special Care in Dentistry)
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Adults Who Consume Fluoride In Drinking Water At Decreased Risk For Tooth Decay
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Adelaide, Australia, has produced the strongest evidence yet that fluoride in drinking water provides dental health benefits to adults, even those who had not received fluoridated drinking water as children…
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– March 14, 2013
Children’s nonprofit dental organization receives $110,000 in grants
Philadelphia—Kids Smiles, a nonprofit children’s dental care organization that provides preventive and restorative care and oral health education to children in underserved communities, received $ 110,000 in grants from three foundations.
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– March 13, 2013
Marfan syndrome: a review of the literature and case report
This report emphasizes the orofacial findings in MFS and highlights particularities of dental treatment when social deficits and intellectual disabilities are also implicated. (Source: Special Care in Dentistry)
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