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A cancer treatment center in Portland, OR, has created a unique multidisciplinary treatment program for patients with oral and head and neck cancers. The coordinated approach is seen as a better way to treat these patients, who often need expensive and complex dental rehabilitation
February 17, 2013
Survey finds slim link between obesity, periodontitis
By Rosemary Frei, MSc
TORONTO - The findings from a recent Canadian health survey did not reveal a significant association between obesity and periodontitis -- despite the fact that previous studies found at least a 35% increased risk for periodontitis among obese individuals.
February 14, 2013
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Feb. CDA journal focuses on salivary diagnostics
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The February Journal of the California Dental Association explores salivary diagnostics, taking a significant posture in dentistry based on its recent advancements in the basic, translational, and clinical sciences, the California Dental Association (CDA) announced.
February 12, 2013
How to help ease cancer patients' oral complications
By Donna Domino
While cancer survival rates are improving, common cancer therapies such as chemoradiation often cause acute oral complications and toxicities that are largely unavoidable, according to a study in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. The authors offer some tips to help dental care providers address these issues.
February 12, 2013
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CT texture analysis yields esophageal cancer biomarkers
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Computed tomography (CT) texture analysis of primary tumors may be a potential imaging biomarker in localized esophageal cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to research presented February 9 at the 2013 Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium in Orlando, FL.
February 10, 2013
Obesity linked to higher risk of perio disease
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Obesity, which impacts roughly one-third of the U.S. population, has been linked to periodontal disease, according to an article published in the January/February 2013 issue of General Dentistry.
February 5, 2013
Soligenix targets cancer-related oral mucositis
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Soligenix, a development-stage biopharmaceutical company, has formed a medical advisory board to provide medical/clinical strategic guidance to the company as it advances the development of SGX942 for the treatment of oral mucositis, a common complication of cancer treatments.
February 4, 2013
OraHealth's new XyliMelts ease xerostomia
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
OraHealth is now offering XyliMelts disks designed to relieve xerostomia and reduce caries.
February 3, 2013
DentalEZ enhances Identafi oral cancer screening device
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
DentalEZ Group has unveiled the next-generation version of the Identafi oral cancer screening device from its StarDental division.
February 3, 2013
Pill-sized device enhances esophageal diagnoses
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed an imaging system enclosed in a capsule about the size of a multivitamin that creates detailed, microscopic images of the esophageal wall.
January 31, 2013
Study analyzes perio disease/AIDS link
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Moderate periodontal disease in an animal model exposed to an AIDS-like virus had more viral variants causing infection and greater inflammation, according to researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute.
January 31, 2013
'Shrooms may aid cancer patients psychologically
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Marijuana has long been used to help cancer patients better tolerate the side effects of chemotherapy. Now new research at the New York University College of Dentistry is looking into the positive effects of psilocybin, the hallucinogen found in certain kinds of mushrooms.
January 30, 2013
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