by Eric Bland Dentists could soon hang up their drills. A new peptide, embedded in a soft gel or a thin, flexible film and placed next to a cavity, encourages cells inside teeth to regenerate in about a month, according to a new study in the journal ACS Nano. This technology is the first of … Read more
Caregiver & Elder Care News ‘We’ve noticed through whitening patients’ teeth… as they bleached, their teeth got squeaky clean and their gingival health improved.’ Additionally,when health problems or medications cause xerostomia,or dry mouth, the lack of saliva reduces the mouth’s natural protective mechanisms. These problems lead to plaque accumulation, cavities and periodontal disease, and could … Read more
Erik Wojciechowski dreaded bedtime. The five-year-old tossed and turned, snored, and was often up before the sun. He wore the marks of a rough night’s sleep on his face, his mother, Lisa Leonardi, says. “He would get up with circles under his eyes. He looked like a raccoon.” She wrote off … Read more
If you aren’t yet familiar withMicrosoft’s HealthVault, you will probably be more than slightly impressed after watching the introduction video. Health Vault is a free, interactive website where patients can safely store family health records for quick access. But HealthVault offers a lot more than record storage. On HealthVault,individuals can set and monitor weight,exercise, and … Read more
In basements and backrooms across the province, with outdated and unsterilized tools, a cottage industry of illegal and sometimes dangerous dentistry is thriving among immigrant communities, a Toronto Star investigation has found. Offering cut-rate prices for inferior dental care, these bogus dentists attract patients, overwhelmingly new immigrants, who share the same culture. Vulnerable, ill-informed and … Read more
I figured that if there was a Lindsay Lohan dental story, it would give some serious street cred to this new blog………so here goes………..Even though Lindsay Lohan has been banned by a Judge from taking drugs, she underwent anesthesia recently for dental surgery. She has been ordered by a judge recently to stay away from … Read more
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According to new research presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, the majority of U.S. dental schools have not adequately prepared their graduates to screen for sleep disorders, which affect more than 70 million adults in the U.S. Image via Wikipedia Researchers from the University of California – … Read more
The first news blog was Michael Kinsey’s SLATE – BLOGS now abound from the Huffington Post to Al Jazeera, from the Tea Party to the Party Hearty…..pick a topic, pick a need, there is a blog and they are exponentiating……….DENTISTRY needs to find a way to Image via CrunchBase social network it’s client base to … Read more
“When I’ll grow up, I’m going to be a doctor.” Can you remember hearing that from youngsters (or maybe even yourself when you were a tender age)? Children have it clear in their minds that occupying this noble profession is prestigious and heroic: they get to save lives (just like their favorite superheroes). But seldom … Read more
The world is flat, it’s a global economy, loyalty to the company is a thing of the past, we’ll all be working as contract players, it’s a new economy, learn Mandarin, yadda and yadda. No one can predict the future…….if we could, we’d of all bought Microsoft in /84 and sold just before Vista arrived. … Read more
Evidence Based Dentistry – taken from Bandolier – “evidence based thinking about health care“. The month, the site was devoted the available evidence for OTC oral analgesics using typical single dose acute pain studies. What is clear is that there is adequate data for some drugs, but very little for the branded OTC combination analgesics. … Read more
Think twice and read thrice ‘afore posting comments…. “Suit” Asks for Names of Online Commenters by Joseph Plambeck Mark Saltz/The Advocate Steve Theriot, interim president of Jefferson Parish, La., is suing bloggers, claiming malicious and defamatory statements. When should a news organization release the names of users criticizing a government official? That’s the issue raised … Read more
Image via Wikipedia http://www.ecodentistry.org Our mission is to provide the dental industry with the tools needed to integrate green practices efficiently and effectively, and to support the public in taking personal responsibility for their dental health care choices. Our vision is a dental industry that combines stewardship of client health with stewardship of planetary health. … Read more
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