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Clinical Update
Pepper and Pain Management
Capsaicin is a substance that gives chili peppers their heat, and a substance similar...
Aesthetics
Aesthetic Soft-Tissue Ridge Augmentation
Figure 1. Preoperative view shows the interim bridge with a large pontic in site...
Clinical Update
Fat Loss and the Immune System
Even modest weight loss reverses many of the damaging changes often seen in the...
Clinical Update
Craniofacial Pain and Gene Manipulation
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s School of Dentistry (OHSU) used an animal...
Clinical Update
Master Gene Identified: Turns Blood Stem Cells Into “Natural Killer”
Using a mouse model, scientists have identified the master gene that turns blood stem...
Oral-Systemic Health
Systemic Diseases and Dental Treatment: Talking With Your Patients
Now, more than ever, patients are hearing about the “mouth-body” connections between systemic disease...
Cover Story
Better Oral Health for Better Systemic Health
Dental emergencies or limited routine treatment can sometimes be the precipitating event to make...
Oral Medicine
Herbal Supplements May Require Modifications of Dental Treatment
The use of herbal supplements by the American public as nonprescription therapeutic or preventive...
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,...
articles
Physician Referrals and the New Dental Medicine
The winds of change are blowing across the face of medicine and dentistry. They...