Orofacial Pain: Page 65

Antipain agent shrinks oral cancers without damaging healthy tissue

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Mouse models of human oral cancer treated with capsazepine showed dramatic tumor shrinkage without damage to surrounding tissues, according to a study in Oral Oncology. Capsazepine's anticancer effects may stem from its ability to increase oxidative damage in tumors, Texas researchers said.

July 24, 2014

Product spotlight: Restful Jaw helps patients with TMD

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) and general jaw pain, fatigue, and soreness can stall dental procedures, and the Restful Jaw Company has created a device in response. It can be employed for long procedures that require patients to hold their mouth open for an extended duration and for patients sensitive to jaw pain and fatigue, such as those with TMD.

July 23, 2014

Propofol + nitrous oxide may avoid sedation hypotension

By Rob Goszkowski

Hypotension is a risk associated with the administration of propofol. Now Japanese researchers have found that combining it with nitrous oxide leads to better sedation and smaller reduction of blood pressure.

July 21, 2014

Researchers use nanoparticles to deliver drugs into teeth

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Maryland researchers are developing a less invasive technique to deliver medication directly into teeth. The treatment for pulpitis would use magnetic fields to move medication attached to nanoparticles through a tooth's dentin and into the pulp to treat infections.

July 21, 2014

Sedation dosage crucial in at-risk patients

By Tony Edwards

A new editorial in Anesthesia Progress by Editor-in-Chief Dr. Joel M. Weaver reminds dentists, oral surgeons, and all dental professionals that patients with obstructive sleep apnea are at risk of death not only during procedural sedation but also at home afterward while asleep.

July 20, 2014

Dental clinics open at Univ. of the Pacific

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

University of the Pacific's new San Francisco campus and home of the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry has started seeing patients at its new dental clinics.

July 15, 2014