Oral Medicine

An Oral Bisphosphonate Dilemma

INTRODUCTION Every so often, we have a patient who presents with clinical challenges that need to be handled outside of the usual protocol..

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Oral Medicine

Reducing Risks of Bacterial Endocarditis from Dental Procedures With Oral Time-Released Xylitol

Introduction In April 2007, the ADA and its Council on Scientific Affairs published a position paper that provides newly revised guidelines for the.

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Oral Medicine

Emerging Opportunities for the Next Generation of Dental Implants?

Science informs the clinical practice of dentistry! The pioneering scientific investigations of Bränemark and his team provided the intellectual scaffold upon which so.

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Oral Medicine

Herbal Supplements May Require Modifications of Dental Treatment

The use of herbal supplements by the American public as nonprescription therapeutic or preventive products has increased steadily in the last 2 decades..

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Oral Medicine

You’re the Only Chance I Have!

I had barely walked in the door and introduced myself when Bob, a very bright engineer, started to talk. “I know you’re not.

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Oral Medicine

Inflammatory Suppression: Rationale and Implications for the General Practice

During the past few years, the literature has been strongly supportive of a distinct link between oral disease, mainly periodontitis, and a host.

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Oral Medicine

Doctor, Why Wasn’t I Told This Before?

To set up the premise and discussion points for this article we will begin simply with a description of 2 cases involving orofacial.

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Oral Medicine

Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis Associated With a Foreign Body: Case Report

Because the anatomic juxtaposition of teeth and the maxillary sinus increases the possibility of buccal-sinus communication, maxillary sinusitis can be of an odontogenic.

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Oral Medicine

Bright, White, and Sensitive: An Overview of Tooth Whitening and Dentin Hypersensitivity

Cosmetic whitening treatments are here to stay, with more than 29% of American adults requesting the procedures from their dentists to achieve or.

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Oral Medicine

Drug-Induced Black Hairy Tongue: Diagnosis and Management Challenges

“Black hairy tongue” (BHT), also known as lingua villosa nigra, hyperkeratosis of the tongue, nigrities linguae, keratomycosis linguae, and melanotrichia linguae, is a.

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