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Oral-Systemic Link: Page 20
Oral-systemic health webinar scheduled
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Procter & Gamble's Crest + Oral-B, the Smile Generation, and dental service organization Pacific Dental Services are hosting a webinar on oral-systemic health.
June 15, 2021
Higher doses of radiotherapy in kids linked to oral complications
By
Melissa Busch
Childhood head and neck cancer survivors who undergo higher doses of radiation therapy face greater risks of developing salivary and dental complications, according to a review published on May 29 in the
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
.
June 3, 2021
Trial to test oral bacteria protein against cancer
By
DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given a Rutgers School of Dental Medicine researcher the green light to treat cancer patients with a new kind of therapy based on a protein produced by an oral bacterium.
May 25, 2021
Dental Dose: The risky combination of vaping and cannabis
By
Theresa Pablos
Cannabis on its own can cause oral and overall health problems. But add in an electronic cigarette dispenser, and those issues can be compounded, according to Tom Viola, RPh, in the latest episode of Dental Dose.
May 20, 2021
Gingivitis tied to increased risk of future depression
By
Hannah Welk
European researchers discovered a link between gingivitis and depression in a study published in the June 2021 edition of the
Journal of Psychiatric Research
. Patients with chronic gingivitis had almost double the risk of developing depression as those with healthy gums.
May 19, 2021
No practice is immune to cyberthreats
By
Theresa Pablos
No patient is immune to cavities, and no dental practice is safe from cybervulnerabilities. To help dental practices understand the landscape, two dental security and IT experts talked about the biggest threats to dental practices and how to avoid them.
May 17, 2021
Researchers find potential target for oral cancer therapy
By
Amerigo Allegretto
Researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health believe they have identified for the first time how an environmental chemical receptor suppresses immune response in patients with oral cancer.
May 9, 2021
Consider pulling wisdom teeth before bone disease therapy
By
Melissa Busch
Oral surgeons should consider prematurely extracting the third molars of children before they start bone disease therapy to prevent jawbone destruction, according to an article published on April 20 in the
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
.
May 4, 2021
Secondhand smoke exposure raises risk of oral cancer by 50%
By
Melissa Busch
Exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke may increase a person's risk of developing lip, mouth, and throat cancers by more than 50%, according to a systematic review published on April 26 in
Tobacco Control
.
May 3, 2021
Hygiene Insider: Secondhand smoke exposure raises risk of oral cancer by 50%
By
Melissa Busch
April 28, 2021
Enzyme inhibitor may also treat dry mouth
By
Erik L. Ridley
A type of enzyme inhibitor designed to suppress the immune system may also be able to treat dry mouth, according to a poster presentation at this week's American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics annual meeting.
April 27, 2021
Decades-old baby teeth may hold key to cognitive decline
By
Melissa Busch
A cache of donated baby teeth -- leftovers from a famous radiation exposure study from the 1950s -- that had been hidden away in an old ammunition bunker at a university until about 20 years ago will now be used to study cognitive decline in older age.
April 26, 2021
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