Melissa Busch[email protected]Oral & Maxillofacial SurgeryImaging helps woman with facial filler-induced mass over jawImaging recently proved helpful in treating a woman with infections and a 15-mm lesion resulting from injection with a facial dermal filler. The case was described in the April-June issue of Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.March 18, 2021Oral & Maxillofacial SurgeryDysphagia may be early sign of rare autoimmune diseasePatients experiencing isolated dysphagia may be showing early signs of a rare condition called Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, according to a letter to the editor published on March 12 in the European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases.March 17, 2021Oral & Maxillofacial SurgeryTongue swelling may be associated with COVID-19Patients 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, 2021RestorationsAre your patients turning to TikTok for DIY dentistry?The video-sharing social network platform TikTok has become a hotspot for viral, do-it-yourself (DIY) dental trends, including shaving down teeth with nail files and using strong adhesive bonding glue to accessorize teeth.March 14, 2021RestorationsUNLV dental students learn anatomy with plastinated human headsStudents 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, 2021Hygiene ToolsClinical trial to study mouthwash for fighting COVID spreadThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry has started a clinical trial to investigate how well mouthwash reduces viral load in patients with COVID-19.March 10, 2021Dental HygieneLow cognitive scores may be linked to more caries in adultsLow general intelligence scores on cognitive performance tests were associated with worse dental status, specifically more decayed teeth, in young to middle-aged adults in a recent study. The findings were published on February 28 in Biology.March 9, 2021Oral & Maxillofacial SurgeryImaging leads to removal of rare intranasal toothImaging 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, 2021Oral & Maxillofacial SurgeryCOVID-19 or dental work: What caused man's death from sinus thrombosis?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, 2021Opioids95% of opioid prescriptions are for 5 dental proceduresDentists 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, 2021Previous PagePage 81 of 122Next PageTop StoriesLegal IssuesImposter orthodontist arrestedA North Carolina woman charged with practicing medicine without a license was arrested, leaving patients who'd prepaid for braces in a lurch.Immune SystemDisplaced dental implant causes systemic complications in 47-year-oldPatient CommunicationWhy 1 question isn't enough for complex care dental patientsLegal IssuesFormer dentist accused of killing man at his shuttered practiceSponsor ContentEscape the PPO Trap: Take Back Control of Your Practice
