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Infection Control
Case report: Dorsal tongue ulcer in COVID-19 patient
A dental team in Afghanistan identified a dorsal tongue ulcer in a 62-year-old man who later tested positive for COVID-19. The man's painful lesion persisted for weeks, and he also experienced asymptomatic geographic tongue, according to details published on May 20 in BMC Oral Health.
May 25, 2021
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CAD/CAM
Imaging reveals dentition of 3.67-million-year-old skull
A team of global researchers used high-resolution imaging to reveal never-before-seen dental details in a 3.67-million-year-old skull of a prehuman ancestor known as Little Foot. The images and insights were published on March 2 in e-Life.
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