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Penn Dental Medicine Study Identifies New Bacterial Species Involved in Tooth Decay

Collaborating researchers from Penn Dental Medicine and the University of North Carolina (UNC) have discovered that the bacterial species Selenomonas sputigena can have an important role.

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Volunteers Provide Nearly 2,000 Hours of Service at UNC DEAH DAY

A total of 475 volunteers provided 1,918 hours of service to the local community during the University of North Carolina (UNC) Adams School.

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Americans Consuming Less Sugar and More Nonnutritive Sweeteners

Household purchases of foods and beverages that include caloric sweetener (CS), or sugar, declined in the United States between 2002 and 2018, while.

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Radiation and Immunotherapy Combination Shows Promise for HNSCC Treatment

A combination of radiation therapy and immunotherapy may lead to encouraging survival outcomes and acceptable toxicity for patients with locally advanced head and.

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Traits Connected With Better Outcomes in HPV-Linked Head and Neck Cancer Identified

Using a new blood test that’s in development, researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified characteristics.

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UNC Performs Pediatric Tooth Transplant

Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Adams School of Dentistry have successfully used “throwaway” teeth such as third molars to replace lost permanent.

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What Dental Leaders Can Learn from College Basketball’s Top Coach

I went to the University of North Carolina (UNC). It’s a big basketball school. Just turn on March Madness and take a look.

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Lower Buffered Doses of Lidocaine as Effective as Standard Doses

A lower dose of the local anesthetic lidocaine can be made as effective as a higher dose by changing the formulation’s acidity, giving.

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Flossing Leads to Less Tooth Loss

Last August, the Associated Press reported that the evidence supporting flossing’s effectiveness wasn’t reliable. Yet new research from Julie Marchesan, PhD, of the.

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Poor Oral Health Linked to Malnutrition

Food scarcity isn’t the only cause of malnutrition, as seen in older adults receiving care for it in the emergency department. Poor oral.

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