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Study suggests dentists can identify patients at risk for fatal cardiovascular event

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study indicates dentists can play a potentially life-saving role in health care by identifying patients at risk of fatal heart attacks and referring them to physicians for further evaluation.


Building Up Broken Bones

Building Up Broken Bones

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Any one of the 8 million Americans who suffer bone fractures each year knows how hard it is to wait for the bones to knit, or heal. Bone healing is also important for integration of dental ...


Body's immune system response to dental plaque varies by gender and race

Body's immune system response to dental plaque varies by gender and race

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Will neglecting to brush your teeth damage more than just your smile? Can failing to attack dental plaque increase your risk of heart damage?


Bitemark evidence and analysis should be approached with caution, study reports

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Against the backdrop of last week's Congressional hearing into the future of forensic science, researchers from the University at Buffalo's Laboratory for Forensic Odontology Research in the School of Dental Medicine, have ...


Prevent periodontitis to reduce the risk of head and neck cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chronic periodontitis, a form of gum disease, is an independent risk factor for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. This suggests the need for increased efforts to prevent and treat periodontitis as a possible means to ...


Dentists urged to take a role in identifying children suffering from neglect

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A new policy urging dentists to check for tell-tale signs of neglect when treating children with severe oral disease has been published.


Open wide and say 'zap'

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A group of researchers in Australia and Taiwan has developed a new way to analyze the health of human teeth using lasers. As described in the latest issue of Optics Express,, by measuring how the surface of a tooth respon ...


FDA concludes mercury in dental fillings not risky

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The government declared Tuesday that silver dental fillings contain too little mercury to harm the millions who've had cavities filled with them - including young children - and that only people allergic to mercury ...


Making crowns stick to teeth  more effectively

Making crowns stick to teeth more effectively

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dentists want those expensive crowns to stick to the teeth. But it doesn’t always happen because of contamination during the crown’s bonding.


Diets bad for teeth are also bad for the body

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dental disease may be a wake-up call that your diet is harming your body.


Nanotechnology may increase longevity of dental fillings

Nanotechnology may increase longevity of dental fillings

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tooth-colored fillings may be more attractive than silver ones, but the bonds between the white filling and the tooth quickly age and degrade. A Medical College of Georgia researcher hopes a new nanotechnology ...


Link found between history of periodontitis and cerebrovascular disease in men

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The potential role of periodontitis, an inflammatory disease of the gums, in the risk of cardiovascular disease, particularly ischemic stroke, has received growing attention during the last decade. A new study is the first ...


From human bite to robot jaws

From human bite to robot jaws

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The UK spends around £2.5 billion each year on dental materials to replace or strengthen teeth. The Chewing Robot is a new biologically inspired way to test dental materials and it will be shown to the public ...


Simulation helps students learn dental implant procedures

Simulation helps students learn dental implant procedures

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A realistic computer game will soon be used to help dental students worldwide learn and reinforce dental implant procedures.


Treating gum disease helps rheumatoid arthritis sufferers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Here's one more reason to keep your teeth healthy.