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Clinical Update
Medical History and Osteoporosis Risk
Careful review of your patient’s medications and medical conditions can help evaluate their risk...
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Porous Implant Shows Promise
For decades, scientists have designed synthetic materials to implant into damaged tissues and organs...
Clinical Update
Children’s Tooth Decay
Tooth decay is the most common chronic disease affecting American children, 5 times more...
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Dental General Anesthesia and Special Needs Population
Patients with special needs often undergo general anesthesia for dental treatment as a way...
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What Is the Risk of TB Transmission in Your Dental Office?
While most dental offices have infection control protocols in place to reduce transmission of...
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Management of and Testing for Diabetes in the Dental Office
Glucometers have made testing blood sugar levels quick and easy. However, it is not...
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Rinsing, Irrigation, and Bacteremia
Periodontal therapy can release bacteria into the bloodstream, potentially causing infective endocarditis in susceptible...
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Self-Destructing Oral Bacteria?
The ability of Streptococcus mutans (S mutans) to survive in acid is one reason...
Clinical Update
Saliva Test to Detect Breast Cancer
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston can identify and...
Clinical Update
Human Papillomavirus and Oral Cancer
A study by Chaturvedi, et al, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, investigated...