Dental Specialties: Page 51

Toothbrush injury causes stroke in 2-year-old boy
By Melissa Busch
A 2-year-old boy fell while brushing his teeth, causing a blunt injury to the pharynx.
July 31, 2023
Child Hospital Social
Could an ancient signaling pathway hold the key to tooth formation?
By Amerigo Allegretto
Researchers suggested that mutations in an ancient signaling pathway can lead to defective structures in tooth enamel.
July 30, 2023
Tooth Anatomy Resized
Clear aligners may raise the risk of having a smile with gaps
By Melissa Busch
Clear aligner therapy may put patients at a greater risk of open gingival embrasures than fixed orthodontic treatment.
July 30, 2023
Measurement of areas of open gingival embrasures. Image courtesy of Li et al. Licensed by CC BY 4.0.
Researchers develop novel bone regeneration technique
By Will Morton
Research in rats may reveal how proteins involved in bone repair can improve bone regeneration over large areas.
July 26, 2023
Bone regeneration was enhanced by administering mRNAs encoding Runx2 and VEGF into the bone defect of a rat mandible bone. Image courtesy of the Department of Research, Toyko Medical and Dental University.
3rd-molar surgery may put patients at risk of developing TMDs
By Melissa Busch
Patients who experience trauma such as wisdom teeth extractions may develop temporomandibular disorders (TMDs).
July 25, 2023
Jaw Pain Woman Resized
SmileDirectClub expanding CarePlus plan in the U.S.
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
SmileDirectClub’s premium clear aligner offering, CarePlus, will be available at SmileShops in the U.S. and select partner network locations.
July 25, 2023
Clear Aligner
Dentists provide 1-in-4 cosmetic surgery injections in the U.K.
By Will Morton
Dentists provide nearly a quarter of cosmetic surgery injections in the U.K., according to a report by University College London researchers.
July 25, 2023
Filler Injection Needle Resized
Florida tops states for children's dental ED visits
By Will Morton
This recent study is the first to explore children’s use of EDs for nontraumatic dental conditions (NTDCs).
July 23, 2023
Boy Dentist
Patient develops air in facial vein during crown preparation
By Melissa Busch
On two occasions, air blown from a turbine drill became trapped in a major facial vein of a healthy woman during dental crown preparation.
July 21, 2023
Coronal views of CBCT scans (A-E) show swelling. The CBCT scan shows an air-filled fissure between the masseter muscle and soft tissue (F-H) . The blue arrows indicate swelling, while the yellow arrows indicate the fissure. Images courtesy of Sun et al. Licensed by CC BY 4.0.
Is SDF the answer to reducing tooth sensitivity?
By Melissa Busch
Adults experienced reduced tooth sensitivity when silver diamine fluoride (SDF) was applied to tooth root surfaces.
July 18, 2023
Tooth Sensitivity Man
Lower lip sensation loss after mandibulectomy may not be irreversible
By Kate Madden Yee
The loss of sensation in the lower lip caused by damage to the inferior alveolar nerve during mandibulectomy may no longer be irreversible.
July 17, 2023
The sensation of the lower lip gradually recovered after inferior alveolar nerve sacrifice. (a) Sensory disturbance area diagram of the lower lip one month after operation. (b) Sensory disturbance area diagram of the lower lip three months after operation. (c) Sensory disturbance area diagram of the lower lip six months after operation. (d) Sensory disturbance area diagram of the lower lip one year after operation. (e) The proportion of lower lip sensory recovery area at three, six, and 12 months after surgery based on the area with lower lip sensory disturbance at one month after surgery. Licensed by CC BY-NC-ND. Image courtesy of the International Journal of Oral Science.
N.H. tops list of U.S. states for stained smiles
By Melissa Busch
A new ranking shows the U.S. states where people are the most and least likely to have discolored teeth.
July 12, 2023
Teeth Magnifying Glass
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