Sorry to hear you didn’t have any questions last week, but I have one for you. We are low-income seniors on Medicare, which does not have dental benefits, and we do not qualify for Medicaid.
Dr. Frank Vascimini, Sound Bites, 02/07/12
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– February 8, 2012
Addition Of Mannitol Increases Effectiveness Of Dental Nerve Block Anesthesia
Allowing a patient to be comfortable and pain-free during surgical and restorative dental procedures is an essential part of the process. The most commonly used local anesthetic injection for lower teeth is the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) block. However, failure rates ranging from 10 to 39 percent have been reported…
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– February 8, 2012
Denver Nuggets drop in for TeamSmile day
NBA high five: Denver Nuggets guard-forward Jordan Hamilton greets a young patient at the TeamSmile dental care day held Dec. 17, 2011, at the Pepsi Center in Denver. More than 100 dental professionals and volunteers provided free dental treatment and preventive care to 125 underserved children from 10 local organizations.
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– February 7, 2012
Ethel Waters
“We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.”
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– February 7, 2012
Gingival Crevicular Fluid Levels of Osteoprotegerin (OPG) in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women with or without Chronic Periodontitis
ConclusionsThe current data revealed that GCF OPG levels were lower in periodontitis patients and phase I therapy resulted with increased GCF OPG levels, however those alterations were statistically insignificant. In addition, present data suggested that menopause do not seem to have a significant effect on periodontal status or response to phase I treatment, within the limits of this study (Source: Journal of Dentistry)
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– February 7, 2012
The Smile Centre and The Mall on Pall Mall join forces
Clinical dental technician Barrie Semp, owner of The Smile Centre, Whitefield, has joined forces with dentist Phil Broughton, owner of The Mall on Pall Mall.
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– February 7, 2012
Bleeding After Dental Extractions In Cardiac Patients On Anticoagulants Reduced By Protocol
Clinicians need a protocol to reduce the risk of substantial bleeding after dental extractions in cardiac patients who take anticoagulant medications…
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– February 7, 2012
ADA creates new committee, process to maintain CDT Code
The ADA Council on Dental Benefit Programs is launching a new process to maintain the CDT Code.
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– February 6, 2012
Ambrose Bierce
Friendless, adj.: Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. Discuss
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– February 6, 2012
Opalescence of bleached teeth
ConclusionsBleaching decreases the OP of the specimens (p > 0.001). OP decrease was correlated with differences in b* color coordinate in the transmittance mode. (Source: Journal of Dentistry)
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– February 6, 2012
