Authors: Ranganath L, Shet R, Rajesh A
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Saliva plays a vital role in oral health as patients strive to maintain a healthy dentition throughout their lives. It is natures primary defense mechanism for the oral environment, and is particularly important for protecting exposed tooth surfaces. While internal protection for dentin comes from odontoblasts and the dental pulp, the body’s external protection for enamel comes from saliva. The noninvasive nature of salivary testing has made it an effective alternative to blood and urine testing and home testing kits have made it possible for people to monitor their own health using this diagnostic medium. This paper presents what saliva can reveal about general and oral health as well as highlights the current use and potential clini…
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Saliva: a powerful diagnostic tool for minimal intervention dentistry.
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– July 6, 2012
Allcare dental president faces formal complaint
INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Attorney General’s Office filed an administrative complaint today against Allcare Dental & Dentures President Robert Bates for multiple licensing violations.
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– July 6, 2012
Oral Cancer Virus Associated With Gum Disease
After the discovery that severe gum disease can be associated with a higher risk of head and neck cancer cases caused by the Human Pailloma Virus (HPV), The British Dental Health Foundation aims to educate the public on good oral health…
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– July 6, 2012
Immanuel Kant
“To be is to do.”
Quote of the Day
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– July 5, 2012
Behavior shaping of complete denture patient: a theoretical approach.
Authors: Sudheer A, Reddy GV, Reddy G
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The psychological status of a geriatric patient undergoing complete denture treatment is one of the key determinants of the success of prosthesis. Hence, the understanding and behavior management of such patients is of paramount importance for any clinician aspiring to be a successful in practice. Even though several attempts have been made to understand the effects of psychology of patients undergoing this particular treatment on the final outcome of treatment, no single theory or classification has been proposed so far as to be able to completely understand the thought process of geriatric patients. The aim of this paper is to propose a theoretical approach, a step by step guide to clinicians to better understand the thoughts, aspira…
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– July 5, 2012
Dr. Honeycutt named Chamber’s Member of Week
Dr. Honeycutt named Chamber Member of Week The Chamber Member of the Week is Dr.
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– July 5, 2012
Occlusion revisited.
Authors: Taner T
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The evaluation of occlusion is of utmost importance, when planning for dental and orthodontic treatment. The occlusal characteristics of normal occlusion change according to the dentoalveolar maturation stages. In primary dentition, flush terminal plane relationship of the second primary molars is desired for a normal molar relationship. In the early mixed dentition stage, cusp to cusp molar relationship is the normal occlusal feature, when posterior primary teeth are in place and leeway space is preserved.
PMID: 22665759 [PubMed – in process] (Source: J Contemp Dent Pract)
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– July 4, 2012
Take a bite out of American history- see George Washington’s teeth
We have one idea how to stay cool this July 4th, how about checking out the new George Washington exhibit at the Gilcrease Museum.
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– July 4, 2012
Root canal obturation update: where do we stand today?
Authors: Zogheib C
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Root canal obturation is an essential stage of endodontic treatment aiming to seal the root canal and prevent future bacterial contamination/recontamination of the canal space. By hindering microleakage between root canal and periapical tissues, this procedure should also deprive any surviving microorganisms and toxic bacterial products from entering periapical tissues.
PMID: 22665760 [PubMed – in process] (Source: J Contemp Dent Pract)
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– July 3, 2012
