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Study Shows Dental Erosion from Beverages at Nanoscale Level Using Microscopy
According to data from 2019 compiled by Statista, Mexico and the United States lead the world with the highest carbonated soft drinks consumption. Millions of people suffer from tooth decay, heart disease, and other serious health issues as a result of their daily intake of sugary beverages. Now there is research detailing the mechanical and morphological changes that occur in...
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Decreasing Pain and Infection of Third Molar Removal: 3 Irrigants Compared
Many of us remember what it was like to get our third molars extracted. Was it a simple extraction or surgical extraction? Had they erupted fully, or impacted causing havoc and pushing against other teeth, threatening thousands of dollars in orthodontic care?
Did you receive sedation anesthesia or general anesthesia and then recorded by your mother on her phone while...
Test Your Periodontal Instrumentation Knowledge!
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Science Shows Early Signs of Eating Disorders Present in the Mouth
Many systemic disorders have symptoms present in the mouth, sometimes before symptoms are present elsewhere in the body. Cardiovascular, psychosomatic, gastrointestinal, renal, and endocrine disorders are a few that can make themselves known in the mouth before showing up in the traditional ways. We may observe oral symptoms of eating disorders before our patients have been diagnosed, or in...
Research Looks at Parent’s Prenatal Smoking and Caries Risk in Children
Smoking while pregnant can cause all types of problems in utero and long after the child's birth. Doctors warn newly pregnant women that smoking cigarettes can cause your child to have respiratory problems, attention difficulties, low birth weight, and even death. But smoking may cause more problems than we currently know.
How about your teeth? Do prenatal smoking and the...
Sunstar Recalls GUM Paroex Oral Rinse due to Potential Contamination
Sunstar Americas Inc. has agreed to voluntarily recall an oral rinse over concerns about potential bacterial contamination.
Paroex, a chlorhexidine gluconate oral rinse that is prescribed by dental professionals for self-care treatments of gingivitis, is the recalled Sunstar product. The Food and Drug Administration announced October 28 that the bottles being recalled have expiration dates from June 30, 2022 through...
Test Your Injection Safety & Sharps Injury Knowledge
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Visual Aids Showing Severe Periodontitis Shown to Motivate Periodontally-involved Patients
Do you remember your health and sex education classes in middle and high school? Some of us might remember the images we were shown of sexually transmitted diseases, the stuff of nightmares, and can’t erase those images from our brains.
What if we, dental practitioners, had a memorable way to show our patients what they are doing to their teeth...
Study Looks at Congenital Heart Disease in Children & Oral Health
Congenital heart disease in children can be a devastating diagnosis for the parents, the entire family, and, especially, the children. Sometimes these defects need no attention, but these defects can often grow quickly into life-threatening problems that require many serious surgeries and long hospital stays. Many of these defects, if serious, are usually diagnosed when the patient is a baby....
Enamel Deficiencies Discovered in Pediatric Patients with Celiac Sensitivities
Celiac disease, or CD, is known to cause problems all over the body, but did you know that the disease can make itself known in the permanent teeth of affected children?
According to The Difference in Symmetry of the Enamel Defects in Celiac Disease Versus Non-Celiac Pediatric Population, CD's effect on the enamel of the permanent teeth in children is both...
Research Looks into Internet Addiction and Detrimental Oral Hygiene Issues
Though the DSM-5 does not recognize internet addiction as a literal disease, we all know that it is a literal issue in many of our homes. Young children, teenagers, and adults of any age can all become addicted to online gaming and social media, for example, and this leads to neglect in other areas of their lives, including their dental hygiene....
Research Evaluates Oral Mucosal Health and Dental Care in Cirrhosis Patients
Cirrhosis of the liver is, unfortunately, a common immunosuppressive disease that may require transplantation in a medical setting. The immunosuppressive part of the disease affects dental health in both extreme and painful ways.
Oro-Dental Health of Patients with Chronic Hepatic Failure is a study completed by a group of researchers in the International Journal Of Organ Transplantation Medicine who were interested in finding...
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Universal Standards of Dental Care and Training is Key
Many dental professionals, regardless of their position, can agree that working with individuals who are on the Autism Spectrum can be both difficult and an adventure, especially if you have not completed any courses designed specifically to work with such a special population.
The people who happen to have an Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD, are all unique in their...
Social Responsibility of Dental Professionals: LGBTQ+ Health & Substance Abuse
As healthcare providers, we take on many roles defined by our social responsibilities to our patients and our communities. The ethical treatment of our dental patients is usually included in the classes we take in order to get our degree. We know that we are to treat everyone with the same respect and at least tolerate each other's differences...
The Possible Connection Between Bipolar Disorder and Periodontitis
On the surface, it may seem that psychological conditions and dental issues, such as periodontitis, haven't much to do with each other, but researchers in Taiwan beg to differ. Thanks to the Taiwan National Health Insurance (NHI), 99% of the Taiwanese population is routinely checked by a dentist, and any problems identified are appropriately addressed. The NHI program does...
Oral Symptoms of Ankylosing Spondylitis
It is, of course, common knowledge to all of us in the dental profession that systemic diseases can be exacerbated or even caused by negligent dental hygiene and related oral health diseases. But, did you know that, as a dental professional, you may notice various side effects of certain diseases that the patient doesn't realize that they have?
Ankylosing Spondylitis
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Study: Periodontitis in Older Iranian Adults Due to Insufficient Hygiene Education
Periodontitis is a damaging and even dangerous oral disease created by virulent bacteria infecting the gingival tissue and weakening the periodontium which can damage the supporting structures of teeth. Periodontitis can cause an increased chance for tooth infections, loss of teeth, and affect other systems of the body. As in many countries, periodontitis is prevalent in Iranian adults over...
Test Your Instrument Sharpening Knowledge
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