Oral Bacteria: Page 9

'Oil pulling': Legit or another alternative medicine fad?
By Rob Goszkowski
Oil pulling, or rinsing with sesame or coconut oil, started showing up in newspapers, health blogs, and celebrity interviews with increasing frequency this year. There is plenty of enthusiasm and interest in Ayurveda, an ancient alternative medicine from India, but what does the data say about this particular practice?
April 30, 2014
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C3 Jian raises $60.5M
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
C3 Jian has raised $60.5 million in Series D financing.
March 16, 2014
Bacterium, fungus team up to cause early childhood caries
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Early childhood caries may result from a nefarious partnership between a bacterium and a fungus, according to a new study in the journal Infection and Immunity.
March 12, 2014
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Bacteria in 1,000-year-old plaque similar to current oral bacteria
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
An international team of experts has discovered disease-causing bacteria in a German Medieval population that are the same or very similar to inflammatory disease-causing bacteria in humans today.
February 24, 2014
Oral bacteria create ethnic 'fingerprint'
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The bacteria in the human mouth -- especially those under the gums -- are as powerful as a fingerprint at identifying a person's ethnicity, according to a new study in PLOS One.
October 23, 2013
LSU gets $3M to study HIV-related changes to oral bacteria
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Louisiana State University (LSU) researchers have been awarded a $2.76 million grant that will enable them to study how HIV and antiretroviral therapy may change communities of bacteria in the mouth, and what effects those changes may have on oral infections in HIV disease.
October 7, 2013
Research IDs how oral cells resist Candida infection
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
New research has yielded a greater understanding of how mucosal surfaces in the body respond to Candida albicans to prevent damage being done during infection.
September 2, 2013
More research points to oral bacteria, fetal death link
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A new four-year, $1.58 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, will allow Yiping Han, PhD, an associate professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, to continue to advance her research linking certain oral bacteria to fetal death.
July 7, 2013
Not all coated toothbrushes are created equal
By Rosemary Frei, MSc
Coating toothbrush bristles with chlorhexidine appears to reduce concentrations of harmful oral bacteria better than coating them with silver nanoparticles, according to research presented at the 2013 International Association for Dental Research annual meeting.
June 30, 2013
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Lollipops with licorice-root extract inhibit perio pathogens
By Rosemary Frei, MSc
Sugar-free lollipops containing glycyrrhizol A successfully beat back the prominent oral pathogens Streptococcus mutans, Porphyromonas gingivalis, and Prevotella intermedia, according to research presented at the recent International Association for Dental Research annual meeting.
April 15, 2013
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Ancient teeth bacteria reveal oral disease evolution
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
DNA preserved in calcified bacteria on the teeth of ancient human skeletons has shed light on the health consequences of the evolving diet and behavior from the Stone Age to the present (Nature Genetics, February 17, 2013).
February 18, 2013
Environment a bigger factor than genes in oral bacteria
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The makeup of bacteria in the oral cavity is driven more by environmental factors than genetics, according to a new long-term study of human twins by University of Colorado Boulder researchers.
October 11, 2012
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