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Insurance and Preventive Dentistry
Some medical insurance companies are expanding their coverage to include various preventive dental procedures...
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Evaluating Possible Links of Your Mouth and Heart
Since periodontitis is a persistent bacterial infection causing chronic inflammation in periodontal tissues, it...
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Chronic Dry Mouth
Chronic dry mouth, or xerostomia, has long been considered a problem of aging. But...
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Dreaming and Anesthesia
Dreaming is a common part of the anesthetic experience, but it remains a poorly...
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Organ Transplants and Periodontal Disease
In November 2006, research from the University of Connecticut Health Center reported that cardiac...
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Tooth Parts Regenerated
A multinational research team headed by Songtao Shi, DDS, PhD, has successfully regenerated tooth...
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Suppressing Salivary Gland Cell Death
According to American Cancer Society estimates, nearly 31,000 Americans were diagnosed with head-and-neck cancer...
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Chlorhexidine and SRP Outcome
Generally, scaling and root planing (SRP) can produce success in reducing pockets surrounding the...
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Fluoride: Rationale for Use
Using the theory of evidence-based delivery of dental care, prescriptions for therapeutic medicaments should...
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Heartburn and Esophageal Cancer
Does heartburn signal esophageal cancer? Not necessarily, says epidemiologist Nicholas Shaheen. When your patients...