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Self-Destructing Oral Bacteria?

The ability of Streptococcus mutans (S mutans) to survive in acid is one reason...

Saliva Test to Detect Breast Cancer

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston can identify and...

Answers to Questions on Sjögren’s Syndrome

Sjögren’s syndrome is an autoimmune disease; other common autoimmune disorders are Lupus and rheumatoid...

Scientists Identify Muscle-Forming Cells

When reading through the scientific literature, it’s easy to encounter the long, anatomically descriptive...

A Tale of Two Toothpicks: How Computers Can Help Manage a Practice

An office manager recently asked, “How can some offices get by with only one...

Relevant Questions in Retreatment: Clinical Considerations

“I have a patient who had RCT done where the gutta-percha is about 3...

First Impressions: March 2008

In First Impressions George Freedman, DDS, gives readers a brief summary of products that...

The Dreaded Dependent Adult

It took some digging, but we found the origin of the quote “insanity is...

Aesthetic Loading of Implants

We live in the era of aesthetics. Patients’ aesthetic demands drive dentistry, and aesthetic...

No Bone Solutions for the Severely Atrophic Maxilla

Minimally invasive surgery is defined as ”the discipline of surgical innovation combined with modern...