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Probiotic may help prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 14 - As prophylaxis against ventilator-associated pneumonia, the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum 299 (Lp299) is as effective as the antiseptic chlorhexidine in reducing the pathogenic bacterial load in the oropharynx of tracheally intubated, mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients, results of a pilot study indicate.
November 13, 2008
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Study links smoking during pregnancy to cleft palate
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Women who smoke during pregnancy run a higher risk of having a baby with a cleft palate or lip, and babies born to smokers are twice as likely to be born with the conditions as opposed to babies of nonsmokers, according to a new study.
November 9, 2008
Delta Dental accepting applications for $25,000 grant
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Delta Dental Foundation is accepting applications for a $25,000 grant for education or research focused on oral cancer.
September 18, 2008
New bacteria could help battle tooth decay
By Rabia Mughal
British researchers have discovered a new species of bacteria that could aid in the development of better prevention methods and treatment of oral diseases.
August 18, 2008
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Saliva provides early warning signs of cancer
By Barbara Boughton
Looking inside someone's mouth may one day involve more than dental care. It could enable early diagnosis of various cancers, leading to more effective treatment outcomes and better survival rates.
May 28, 2008
OralCDx wants to revise ADA-endorsed BrushTest ads
By Laird Harrison
OralCDx, the company sponsoring a controversial oral cancer advertising campaign, wants to change the text of ads endorsed by the ADA as critics challenge the company's relationship with the ADA.
May 27, 2008
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Making early detection of oral cancer a priority
By Rabia Mughal
Oral cancer has a five-year survival rate of only 50%. A patient's best chance of surviving is early detection. While a number of methods and new technologies are now available to enhance early detection, the panel is still out on whether there is any one best approach for detecting oral cancer.
May 27, 2008
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Betamethasone oral minipulse therapy an option in oral lichen planus
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 29 - Patients with symptomatic oral lichen planus respond equally well to betamethasone oral minipulse therapy and to topical triamcinolone acetonide, but they may respond more quickly to betamethasone, results of a randomized comparative study indicate.
April 28, 2008
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Oral test could predict lung cancer, study finds
By Reuters Health
WASHINGTON (Reuters) April 14 - Damage to cells lining the mouth can predict similar damage in the lungs that eventually leads to lung cancer in smokers, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
April 15, 2008
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AADR show report: New drug promising for Sjögren's
By Laird Harrison
DALLAS - Dry mouth can devastate patients and frustrate dentists. So the report of a promising new treatment excited researchers attending the American Association for Dental Research annual meeting here today.
April 3, 2008
HumanaDental offers oral cancer screening to patients over 40
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Here's a way to convince high-risk patients to take an oral cancer screening test. Tell them it's free. HumanaDental Insurance has announced that it will now provide oral-cancer screening to HumanaDental members -- over the age of 40 -- enrolled in the company’s fully insured dental plans.
March 31, 2008
Is your culture giving you oral cancer?
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Cultural habits, such as smoking, and chewing tobacco or areca nuts, may put different ethnic groups at a higher risk for developing invasive squamous cell carcinoma according to an epidemiologic study of oral cancer in ethnic subpopulations in California.
November 25, 2007
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