Dental Hygiene: Page 444

Fruit/vegetable supplement helps fight periodontitis
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A diet supplemented with a combination of fruit and vegetable juice powder concentrates may help combat chronic periodontal disease when combined with conventional dental therapy, according to a new study.
October 31, 2011
Esophageal cancer patients find support via Facebook
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In 2008, the Mayo Clinic Florida started an online chat group using a Facebook community for its esophageal cancer patients. The Facebook experiment has proved to be so successful and sustainable that Herbert Wolfsen, MD, will talk about the use of social media for survivors of esophageal cancer this week at the American College of Gastroenterology annual meeting in Washington, DC.
October 31, 2011
Study to test perio disease risk predictor in Asia
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Interleukin Genetics has initiated two clinical studies to demonstrate the utility of its new PST genetic test in Asian populations.
October 31, 2011
Thermoplastic guide cuts dental implant surgery times
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
AD Surgical and its affiliated company, Applied Dental, are now marketing EZ Stent, a thermoplastic radiographic and surgical guide for use in dental implant surgery.
October 31, 2011
Do self-etch adhesives yield optimum bond strengths?
By Rob Goszkowski
OptiBond XTR held its own in a study comparing it with a number of other commercial adhesives. While the products exhibited similar bond strengths, OptiBond XTR looked better in microscoptic evaluations, according to researchers from the University of Pennsylvania.
October 31, 2011
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Althera to begin head/neck cancer therapy trial
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Althera Medical will conduct a human study of its alpha radiation treatment for head and neck, colon, pancreatic, sarcoma, brain, melanoma, and lung cancers.
October 30, 2011
Colgate-Palmolive Q3 sales up 11%
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Colgate-Palmolive is once again crediting its oral health product lines with helping to push the company to year-over-year growth in the third quarter of 2011.
October 30, 2011
Study finds link between obesity, periodontitis
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
MicroRNA induced by chronic nutritional stress that leads to obesity may also modulate inflammatory pathways within periodontal tissues and affect disease expression, according to a pilot study in the Journal of Dental Research.
October 30, 2011
Zila files patents on rotary toothbrush
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Zila has filed three design patents and a utility patent for its Rotadent Plus professional rotary toothbrush with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
October 30, 2011
Vigilance key to sedation safety with at-risk patients
By Rob Goszkowski
In the latest issue of Anesthesia Progress, two dentists outline how to recognize and manage cardiovascular complications that can arise during sedation, particularly with medically compromised patients.
October 30, 2011
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Fla. 5-year-old's sedation death ruled an accident
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The 2010 death of a 5-year-old Florida boy who was sedated prior to having dental work done has been ruled an accident.
October 27, 2011
Survey: Many in the U.K. unaware of HPV/oral cancer link
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Too many parents and young people in the U.K. are unaware of one of the most common sexually transmitted infections -- human papillomavirus (HPV) -- and its link to oral and other cancers, according to a survey conducted by the British Dental Health Foundation.
October 27, 2011
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