A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil and described in an article published in the journal Scientific Reports shows that anti-inflammatory drugs commonly taken by children may be associated with dental enamel defects (DEDs), currently seen in about 20% of children worldwide. The authors, who are affiliated with the Ribeirão Preto Dental … Read more
As the hardest tissue in the human body, enamel is not an easy material for engineers to mimic, but doing so could mean big things in materials science and regenerative medicine. Researchers are now reporting a breakthrough in this area, by tweaking the composition of a naturally occurring mineral to emulate the microstructure of natural … Read more
IADR President Pamela Den Besten presented and chaired the IADR President’s Symposium “Enamel Defects as Biomarkers for Exposure to Environmental Stressors” at the virtual 99th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in conjunction with the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) and the … Read more
Fluoride helps prevent tooth day — but too much of it can actually negatively affect oral hygiene, a new analysis has suggested. In findings published Tuesday in Science Signaling, researchers have expanded their understanding of how a condition called fluorosis develops. Fluorosis, or over-exposure to fluoride in childhood, can result in damage to tooth enamel, the … Read more
Lotta chatter about dentistry on the news shows these days…this from ABC news By the time a dentist finds a cavity, that tooth has been through several stages of a chronic infectious disease called dental caries, where acids dissolve tooth enamel, letting bacteria inside. Unchecked, the tooth can die. Dentistry today focuses on early intervention to … Read more
From Dentomaxillofacial Radiology/British Institute of Radiology A M A Maia, L Karlsson, W Margulis and A S L Gomes Objectives: The aim of this paper was to evaluate a transillumination (TI) system using near-infrared (NIR) light and bitewing radiographs for the detection of early approximal enamel caries lesions. Methods: Mesiodistal sections of teeth (n = 14) were cut with various thicknesses from … Read more
My preference is to use it to uncover canals once the access perimeter has been defined, but I’ll give el Gordo his due on this one. Sep 22, 2011 – From Dental IQ By Gordon J. Christensen, DDS, MSD, PhD All dentists and hygienists find that removal of stains from tooth enamel is an ever-present … Read more
I seem to be unable to stimulate clinical case reports from our editorial board or from the dentists, all three of you, that read this blog, thus, you’re stuck with endo and my beloved ROOTERS – it’s as they are posted – YOU ARE THERE!! Begin forwarded message: From: Roberto Cristescu <cristescu.roberto.04@gmail.com>Date: August 30, 2011 … Read more
If they can do this, how come they can’t figure out how Palin and Bachman and Rob Ford were cloned from stem cells provided by Grover Nordquist, but I digress…….. From Dental Tribune – August 12, 2011 PITTSBURGH & ANN HARBOR, Mich./CAMBRIDGE, Mass.,USA: Enamel is known to be one of the hardest tissues in the … Read more
With the profundity of restorative materials expanding the marketplace; it’s long overdue to look at how they impact on one another and moreover on natural teeth. The following is from Podium by Ivoclar Vivadent……… Since the introduction of IPS e.max, monolithic all-ceramic restorations have continued to gain momentum. Both clinicians and laboratory technicians who have … Read more