From Health News, by Susan Brady, May 9, 2011 Last Friday, the FDA cleared a diagnostic test that will be able to quickly determine staph infections and their resistance to antibiotics. Staphylococci bacteria are common in infections, but many are methicillin resistant (MRSA) or methicillin susceptible (MSSA) and required altered treatment protocols. Being able to … Read more
Psssssssssssssst – grab a beer, this is a long’un From PerioEducation.com- by Kimberly R. Miller, RDH, BSDH The future of Dentistry is Wellness! With the innovation of salivary diagnostics, chair side blood testing and antioxidant screenings, we can preemptively uncover risk and treat to prevent instead of intervening in an already progressive disease process. Salivary … Read more
From the International Oral Cancer Association Blog The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimated that there would be 35,720 new cases of cancer of the oral and pharyngeal region in the United States in 2009, with 7,600 deaths from the disease.1 Image via Wikipedia When focusing specifically on the oral cavity,ACS estimated that in 2009,there would … Read more
From Worldental.org Dental Health Magazine Chronic sinusitis is a condition currently affecting approximately 13% of the Americans. On a yearly basis, there are $6 billion spent and 13 million visits made to the doctor because of this complaint. Some patients get relief from treatment with antibiotics, while others simply have to accept it as a way … Read more
PRWeb – Woburn, MA What do hospital infections, sinusitis, periodontal disease,middle ear infections,tonsillitis, COPD, diabetic foot wounds, osteomyelitis and cystic fibrosis have in common? The answer is deceptively simple: the persistence of these chronic conditions originates from slimy bacterial biofilms that encase bacteria of all types, protect them from the immune system and resist antibiotic … Read more
Science gets partial answers slowly – Margaret Scarlett – April 18, 2011 from Medscape Connect In these changing times with technology always changing, I’m reminded of a saying from a colleague at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). When faced with new scientific data on prevention of disease, this scientific expert said something … Read more
From the April 12, 2011, Volume 57, No. 29 of the Penn Alamnac Penn Dental Medicine students are partnering with the national Oral Cancer Foundation to present Philadelphia‘s 3rd Annual Oral Cancer Walk on Saturday, April 16, to recognize Oral Cancer Awareness Month and bringing attention to the disease and the importance of early detection. “We … Read more
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From Laura A. Stokowski, RN, MS – Medscape News Today Image via Wikipedia Most people are aware of the risk for infection associated with hospitals, ambulatory settings, and long-term care. But what about the dental office? Patients who seek dental healthcare could easily, and even unknowingly, be carriers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or another … Read more
Lexington, MA (PRWEB) March 9, 2011 Store-A-Tooth (TM) commends the scientists who report in the Journal of Dental Research (JDR) that stem cells from teeth can be transformed into cells that produce insulin in a glucose-dependent manner–a significant step toward developing stem-cell therapies for diabetes.(1) The finding is particularly important for type 1 diabetes, which … Read more
Press Release: DentalEZ’s First Step in the Evolution Toward a More Clinical Product Offering Malvern, PA (March 4, 2011) – DentalEZ® Group, a supplier of innovative products and services for dental health professionals worldwide, and Trimira®, a subsidiary of Remicalm LLC, a developer of biomedical and bio-optics technologies, are proud to announce the recent purchase by DentalEZ Group of Trimira’s … Read more
From Physorg.com A UNC study released this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology finds an increasing incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue in young white females in the United States over the last three decades. A team of researchers from UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center analyzed data from the National Cancer Institute‘s Surveillance, … Read more
PathXchange – click away on title mes enfants.Would someone like to pallaver with the powers that bee at YOU OF TEE and suggest that a collaborative pathology site and cbCT diagnostic site be created for Canadian dentists to lead the way……..we have the talent, the bottom line is that there must be a NEXUS – … Read more
By Donna Domino, Associate Editor – from DrBicuspid.com – FULL ARTICLE February 9, 2011 — Tongue cancer patients who have compartmental tongue surgery live longer and have fewer recurrences of the disease compared with those who undergo conventional surgery, a new retrospective study found (Oral Oncology, January 22, 2011). Cancer of the tongue is aggressive, as evidenced by its … Read more
From an article in Clinical Oral Investigations – C-reactive protein in relation to early atherosclerosis and periodontitis Maha Yakob, Jukka H. Meurman, Tomas Jogestrand, Jacek Nowak, Per-Östen Söder and Birgitta Söder Image via Wikipedia Periodontitis may affect atherosclerosis via the chronic inflammation. We investigated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in relation to early vascular atherosclerotic changes … Read more
Source: 7thspace.comAuthors: Luis Sanchez-Vargas et al Previous studies have either investigated the relationship of HPV with oral cancer or the prevalence of HPV on the oral cavity. The purpose of this investigation was to study the prevalence of HPV in oral cavity of women with oral sex practices and cervical lesions. Methods:Forty six (46) non-smokers … Read more
Luke F. Chen, MBBS, MPH, CIC, FRACP: Hello. My name is Luke Chen. I’m from the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health at Duke University [Durham, North Carolina]. Today we are talking about the evolving epidemiology and increasing threat of gram-negative infections, particularly multidrug-resistant gram-negative infections. With me is Dr. Matthew Falagas,Director of the … Read more
The American Association for Dental Research (AADR) held its 3rd Fall Focused Symposium in the Washington, DC area. This year, the them was the fast moving field of Salivary Diagnostics, with a focus on Scientific and Clinical Frontiers. The symposium was sold-out, but AADR also offered a live WEBINAR braodcast of the oral sessions. AADR … Read more
Almost all oral cancers start in the cells lining the oral cavity (the mouth). These cells, which are flat and scale-like, are called squamous cells. When a cancer begins in these cells, it is known as a squamous cell carcinoma. The structures of the oral cavity play an important role in speech, chewing, taste and … Read more