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Study links oral health with head and neck cancer risk

By Kathy Kincade

New research out of the University of North Carolina supports the growing body of evidence linking oral health and periodontal disease with increased risk of squamous cell head and neck cancer.

January 13, 2010

Conn. dentists vote to try dental therapists

By Laird Harrison

Despite opposition from other professional groups, the Connecticut State Dental Association (CSDA) wants to bring dental health aide therapists into the state for a pilot program.

January 11, 2010

NYU and Sandia researchers to classify oral bacteria

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Although the destructive effects of oral bacteria in producing dental caries, periodontal disease, and other infectious conditions are well known, the identities of many of the microbes responsible for these conditions, as well as their physical characteristics and ability to grow and sustain themselves, remain a mystery.

January 10, 2010

CR newsletter: Disinfect your preparations

By Laird Harrison

Before bandaging a wound, you apply an antibiotic ointment. Before probing a tooth, you sterilize your explorer. So should you also disinfect a tooth before placing the restoration? Rella Christensen, R.D.H., Ph.D., says yes.

January 10, 2010

Children's oral health group partners with Pankey Institute

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

National Children's Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF) and The Pankey Institute have formed a partnership to provide volunteer dental services to promising at-risk teens and underserved children throughout the United States through the America's Toothfairy Dental Home and Tomorrow's SMILES programs.

January 7, 2010

Australian officials say tooth decay an epidemic

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Tooth decay in Australian children is reaching epidemic proportions and it is costing parents thousands of dollars.

January 7, 2010

Toothpaste not responsible for senator's blood alcohol

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Massachusetts state senator Anthony Galluccio will spend 12 months in jail, after a judge rejected the senator's claim that toothpaste was to blame for his failure to pass a series of breathalyzer tests.

January 4, 2010

New Zealand firm targets U.S. oral health market

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Blis Technologies is looking to increase its presence in the U.S. oral healthcare market this year through a series of distributor relationships with major retail outlets.

January 4, 2010

New vaccine could one day prevent periodontitis

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

New vaccine could one day prevent periodontitis

December 28, 2009

Photodynamic therapy effective in treating periodontitis

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (a-PDT) is effective in treating chronic periodontitis, according to a meta-analysis in Lasers in Medical Science.

December 28, 2009

Ankylosing spondylitis increases the risk of periodontal disease

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 28 - Ankylosing spondylitis increases the risk of periodontal disease, German researchers report in the January issue of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

December 27, 2009

Study finds over 9,000 genes involved in gingivitis

By Rabia Mughal

Nearly one-third of the human genome is involved with the onset and healing process associated with gingivitis, according to a new study in the Journal of Periodontology. This finding could aid in the development of new treatment approaches.

December 21, 2009

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