Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery: Page 19

Tongue swelling may be associated with COVID-19

By Melissa Busch

Patients who experience swelling of the tongue and mouth may be infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a letter to the editor published on March 9 in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

March 16, 2021

How many of your patients have COVID-19?

By Hannah Welk

The risk of COVID-19 among those seeking dental care mirrors local positivity rates, according to a study published on March 2 in the Journal of the American Dental Association. The researchers also highlighted the risk of asymptomatic patient consults.

March 15, 2021

World Dental Congress goes virtual

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The FDI World Dental Federation and the Australian Dental Association announced that the World Dental Congress will take place virtually September 26-29 due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

March 14, 2021

UNLV dental students learn anatomy with plastinated human heads

By Melissa Busch

Students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Dental Medicine are learning head and neck anatomy and its relation to the oral cavity through the use of specially preserved, or plastinated, human specimens.

March 11, 2021

Kulzer debuts HVE tool for smaller arches

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Kulzer has launched Ivory ReLeaf Minis, a high-volume evacuation (HVE) tool that can be used to treat patients with smaller arches, such as children.

March 9, 2021

How to recognize the ideal team player

By Dr. James V. Anderson

All leaders want team players, but they may be hard to come by. In this column, Dr. James Anderson shares the three virtues of a team player and one example of how a real-life team player helped get a claim paid.

March 9, 2021

Imaging leads to removal of rare intranasal tooth

By Melissa Busch

Imaging aided in the treatment of a woman who experienced months of nasal congestion and blood-tinged secretions due to a rare intranasal tooth thought initially to be a rhinolith. The case report was published on February 28 in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science.

March 8, 2021

COVID-19 or dental work: What caused man's death from sinus thrombosis?

By Melissa Busch

Imaging helped diagnose a COVID-19-positive man with cavernous sinus thrombosis, according to a recent case report. The condition may have resulted from his teeth being pulled; however, it could also have been caused by the novel coronavirus, clinicians found.

March 7, 2021

95% of opioid prescriptions are for 5 dental procedures

By Melissa Busch

Dentists wrote about 2.7 million opioid prescriptions to patients during a five-year period, according to a study published on February 23 in the Journal of the American Dental Association. About 95% of these prescriptions were written for five dental procedures.

March 4, 2021

Searches for toothaches up during COVID-19 lockdown

By Hannah Welk

The COVID-19 lockdown increased online searches for toothaches in Iran, according to a study published on February 15 in BMC Oral Health. Pain is seen as one of the biggest dental complaints around the world.

March 4, 2021

No one-size-fits-all solution for antibiotic resistance

By Joseph Constance

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to tackling antibiotic resistance, according to a commentary published in the International Dental Journal. Instead, a variety of approaches are needed to craft tailor-made solutions for locally relevant factors that drive the unnecessary use of dental antibiotics.

March 3, 2021

Patterson's dental sales spike in fiscal Q3

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Patterson Companies reported higher sales in its dental segment for the third quarter of fiscal year 2021.

March 2, 2021

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