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New review highlights periodontitis link with heart disease
By Tony Edwards
The role dentists and hygienists can play in helping patients reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease is highlighted in a new literature review in Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. The review further links periodontitis and the risk of heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, and peripheral artery disease.
April 15, 2015
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Rutgers adds LANAP, LAPIP to postgraduate program
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Millennium Dental Technologies has joined the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine in Newark, NJ, to add the LANAP and LAPIP protocols to its postgraduate periodontics program.
April 14, 2015
Interleukin Genetics appoints new CEO
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Interleukin Genetics announced the appointment of Mark Carbeau as its new CEO and director.
April 8, 2015
Communication key to treating menopausal women
By Tony Edwards
If you were told that half your patients could lose 40% of their total bone mass, putting them at risk for losing teeth, you would no doubt do everything in your power to reverse these clinical changes. As American Academy of Periodontology President Dr. Joan Otomo-Corgel points out, treatment begins with the questions you ask these patients.
April 6, 2015
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Danville Materials acquires endoscope manufacturer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Danville Materials has acquired Perioscopy, which manufactures minimally invasive dental endoscope technology.
April 2, 2015
Convergent unveils new handpiece and waveguide
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Convergent Dental unveiled its new Ultraguide handpiece and a 15/400 hollow waveguide and automatic alignment system for its Solea laser at the Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting in Atlanta.
March 25, 2015
Homebound elderly have poor oral health, want home-based care
By Rabia Mughal
Homebound elderly adults have poor oral health and are interested in home-based dental care, according to a new study. The authors recommended that medical professionals should partner with the dental community to develop programs for these adults.
March 23, 2015
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World Oral Health Day: Help the world 'Smile for Life'
By Chedly Schatzie Vincent, DMD
On World Oral Health Day, Dr. Chedly Vincent of Aspen Dental issues a call to action to improve oral health around the world. She shares her own experience in Haiti, and believes if dental professionals work together, there's no telling the difference they can make.
March 19, 2015
Green tea serves as useful adjunct to perio therapy
By Rabia Mughal
Green tea should be added to dentifrices as an active ingredient for managing periodontal disease, recommend the authors of a new study in the International Journal of Dental Hygiene. They found it to be a beneficial adjunct to nonsurgical periodontal therapy.
March 18, 2015
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IADR 2015: Outpatients have poor oral health
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
BOSTON - How is the periodontal health of potentially at-risk patients who visit outpatient clinics in Hong Kong? This topic was addressed in a poster presented on March 13 at the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) 2015 General Session.
March 12, 2015
Study: Graphene could help fight caries, perio disease
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers in China have discovered that a material called graphene oxide is effective at eliminating cariogenic bacteria, some of which have developed antibiotic resistance, according to a study in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
March 11, 2015
IADR 2015: Periodontitis link with rheumatoid arthritis measured
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
BOSTON - Periodontitis shares pathogenic mechanisms with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and may trigger its onset. A study presented at the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) 2015 General Session found that patients with RA showed a marked inflammatory profile in all microenvironments, including oral, despite routine dental care.
March 11, 2015
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