Clinical Update
Report Finds Continuing Declines in Cancer Death Rates
Death rates from all cancers combined for men, women, and children continued to decline...
Clinical Update
Study Links Gum Disease and HPV-Status of Head and Neck Cancer Tumors
Human papillomavirus (HPV), once almost exclusively associated with cancer of the cervix, is now...
Clinical Update
Potential Benefits of Sugar-Free Chewing Gum
A study by Dr. M. Al-Haboubi et al, published in Community Dentistry and Oral...
Clinical Update
Biomaterial Enhances Healing After Dental Implants
Restoring the anterior teeth after a traumatic injury poses a particular challenge biologically, functionally,...
Clinical Update
Promising Therapeutic Approach for Periodontal Disease
Donald Demuth, PhD, associate dean for research and enterprise, University of Louisville (UofL) School...
Clinical Update
Clostridium Difficile: Germ Poses Threat Across Medical Facilities
Infections from Clostridium difficile, a bacteria that causes diarrhea and other health issues, are...
Viewpoint
Semantics Undermines the Oral-Systemic Disease Message
On April 18, 2012, the American Heart Association (AHA) presented a position paper which...
Implants
The CT/CBCT-Based Team Approach to Care, Part 1: Identifying the Implant Patient and Prosthetic Options
INTRODUCTION Replacement of missing teeth with dental implants involves a coordinated effort between surgical...
Implants
Predictable Stabilization of a Lower Denture
INTRODUCTION While ill-fitting dentures may not be considered by some as one of the...
Endodontics
Differential Diagnosis of Toothache Pain: Part 2, Nonodontogenic Etiologies
INTRODUCTION I am sure we can all agree that Monday mornings in a dental...