Cancer Patients Require Managed Oral Healthcare
Approximately every 3 minutes, someone in the United States is diagnosed with cancer. Oral complications resulting from anticancer therapies like chemotherapy and radiation.
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Research Reveals How Calcium Triggers Saliva Production
Saliva is essential to eating and swallowing food, but what causes the salivary gland to secrete it? Researchers at the University of Rochester.
- April 7, 2016
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Antidepressants Increase the Risk of Implant Failure
The use of antidepressants quadruples the risk of implant failure, with those odds doubling again for each year of antidepressant use, according to.
- March 17, 2016
- 1 minute read
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$2.14 Million Grant Funds Sjögren’s Research
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has awarded Umesh S. Deshmukh, PhD, of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) a 5-year,.
- January 18, 2016
- 1 minute read
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Radiation Technique Eliminates Dry Mouth
Patients with tumors in the head or neck may be treated with radiotherapy. In 40% of these cases, though, the salivary glands lose.
- October 21, 2015
- 1 minute read
Todays Dental News
Scientists’ Silk Structure Could Lead to Regeneration of Salivary Cells
Tissue engineering could aid millions of people who suffer from dry mouth from Sjögren’s syndrome. The silkworm, which generates the main ingredient for.
- August 4, 2015
- 1 minute read
Today's Dental News
Possible Solution to Dry Mouth Exists
There may be a way to aid dry mouth condition. A new battery-powered mouthguard was created to fix this problem. The mouthguard fits.
- January 5, 2012
- 1 minute read
Today's Dental News
Mechanism in Saliva Production Could Provide Dry Mouth Relief
A University of Louisville research team may have made a breakthrough it aiding dry mouth. The findings of Douglas Darling, PhD, professor, Department.
- June 6, 2011
- 1 minute read
