Clinical Update

Insurance and Preventive Dentistry

Some medical insurance companies are expanding their coverage to include various preventive dental procedures...

Evaluating Possible Links of Your Mouth and Heart

Since periodontitis is a persistent bacterial infection causing chronic inflammation in periodontal tissues, it...

Chronic Dry Mouth

Chronic dry mouth, or xerostomia, has long been considered a problem of aging. But...

Dreaming and Anesthesia

Dreaming is a common part of the anesthetic experience, but it remains a poorly...

Organ Transplants and Periodontal Disease

In November 2006, research from the University of Connecticut Health Center reported that cardiac...

Tooth Parts Regenerated

A multinational research team headed by Songtao Shi, DDS, PhD, has successfully regenerated tooth...

Suppressing Salivary Gland Cell Death

According to American Cancer Society estimates, nearly 31,000 Americans were diagnosed with head-and-neck cancer...

Chlorhexidine and SRP Outcome

Generally, scaling and root planing (SRP) can produce success in reducing pockets surrounding the...

Fluoride: Rationale for Use

Using the theory of evidence-based delivery of dental care, prescriptions for therapeutic medicaments should...

Heartburn and Esophageal Cancer

Does heartburn signal esophageal cancer? Not necessarily, says epidemiologist Nicholas Shaheen. When your patients...