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Study: Diode laser treatment improves SRP results
By Rabia Mughal
A new study that looked at the clinical and biochemical efficacy of diode lasers as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) found that the diode laser provided significant improvements in clinical parameters.
December 9, 2012
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Study yields strategy to prevent, halt perio disease
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated the ability to both prevent periodontitis from developing and halt the progression of the disease once it has developed, according to study in the Journal of Immunology.
December 6, 2012
Study: Oral exams poor predictors of oral cancer
By Donna Domino
Clinical oral exams remain the most common technique for detecting abnormal oral mucosal changes. However, they are poor predictors of dysplasia and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) diagnoses, according to a meta-analysis in the December Journal of the American Dental Association.
December 6, 2012
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Study: Vitamin D has positive impact on caries rates
By Kathy Kincade
A systematic review and meta-analysis provides decades of evidence that vitamin D can play a role in lowering rates of dental caries, especially among children. Are the findings enough to overcome years of mixed interpretation of the scientific evidence by government and professional groups?
December 4, 2012
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Research reveals fetal BPA exposure in pregnant women
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Research from the University of Michigan School of Public Health has found bisphenol A (BPA) in fetal liver tissue, demonstrating that there is considerable exposure to the chemical during pregnancy.
December 3, 2012
Grant extends oral cancer biomarker research
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences has awarded nearly half a million dollars to the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the University of California, San Francisco for a collaborative research project that includes New York University, Oregon Health and Science University, and Providence Cancer Center.
December 3, 2012
Equity firm to buy Young Innovations for $300M
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Young Innovations has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Linden Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm.
December 3, 2012
10-year trial yields insight into larynx preservation
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Sequential and concurrent chemoradiotherapy produce similar survival rates for locally advanced laryngeal cancer, but the concurrent approach more often allows the larynx to be preserved, according to a 10-year study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
December 2, 2012
DenMat to acquire PeriOptix
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
DenMat has signed a purchase agreement to acquire all outstanding stock of PeriOptix, a provider of magnification and illumination technologies for dental and medical professionals.
December 2, 2012
Leaders in Dentistry: Dr. Margherita Fontana
By Rob Goszkowski
Margherita Fontana, DDS, PhD, has launched an ambitious plan to create a tool that will screen children at high risk for dental caries. DrBicuspid.com spoke with her to learn about this project, for which she received a Presidential Early Career Award, and to get her thoughts about the role of CAMBRA in dentistry today.
December 2, 2012
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Perio groups collaborate on oral-systemic link
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A joint workshop organized by the European Federation of Periodontology and the American Academy of Periodontology, held November 11-14 in Segovia, Spain, aimed to establish a consensus knowledge base of the scientific evidence on the association between periodontitis and systemic diseases, specifically cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and adverse pregnancy complications.
November 29, 2012
Another study links HPV and laryngeal cancer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Chinese researchers have established a link between human papillomavirus (HPV) and laryngeal cancers, and estimate that it increases risk by five times, according to a study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases (November 21, 2012).
November 29, 2012
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