Tooth Helps Restore Desperate Woman's Sight
from CNN
 Nine years of blindness almost drove Sharron "Kay" Thornton to suicide. In the end, it was one of her teeth and a procedure surgeons said was never before done in the United States that restored her sight.
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ADA Urges Congress to Oppose Amalgam Resolution
from the American Dental Association
Citing "the best available science," the American Dental Association urged members of Congress against supporting a resolution which "advances the misconception that because dental amalgam contains mercury, it is toxic." The resolution offered by Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.) was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Periodontitis Associated with Fourfold Increased Risk for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
from HemOnc Today via Oral Cancer News
Results of a study involving 473 participants showed that periodontitis was linked with the development of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Researchers conducted a hospital-based case-control study between June 1999 and November 2005. The study involved 266 patients with head and neck cancer treated at the Roswell Park Cancer Center’s department of dentistry and maxillofacial prosthetics, and 207 healthy participants.
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FDA Approves Vaccines for 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus
from Infection Control Today
The Food and Drug Administration announces that it has approved four vaccines against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. The vaccines will be distributed nationally after the initial lots become available, which is expected within the next four weeks. Based on preliminary data from adults participating in multiple clinical studies, the 2009 H1N1 vaccines induce a robust immune response in most healthy adults eight to 10 days after a single dose, as occurs with the seasonal influenza vaccine.
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Risk from Mercury in 'Silver' Fillings Still Prompts Dental Debate
from The Plain Dealer
In 2005 alone, dentists in the United States plugged 52 million holes in our teeth with a material commonly known as "silver"-- a material that, despite the name, is mostly mercury. There is no question that mercury, a heavy metal, is toxic in large doses. It can cause memory impairment; itching; burning; pain; tissue swelling; loss of hair, teeth and nails; kidney dysfunction; and psychiatric problems.
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Oral Biofilms: The "Balancing Act"
from Inside Dental Assisting
It has been said that the mouth is a petri dish. There is a coating of bacteria, viruses, and fungi covering all of the soft and hard tissues in the mouth. This coating may be thick, as can be seen with dental plaque, or invisible, such as in the normal oral mucosa. Rather than acting like bacteria or other organisms which are planktonic, or free-floating and non-adherent, these organisms clump together to form a very sticky biofilm.
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Oral Cancer's New Demographic: 20s and 30s, Non-smokers
from the Houston Dental Health Examiner
Typically, persons at greatest risk for oral cancer were smokers and frequent consumers of alcohol over the age of 50. An increasing number of oral cancer patients, however, have never smoked. Another demographic that is surfacing are persons in their 20s and 30s who were exposed to the human papillomavirus (HPV) and then developed oral cancer.
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One Specialty, Many Paths: Promoting a Diverse Specialty in the Pages of JOMS
from the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Many paths have been taken in the practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery in this decade, most of them clear of significant obstacles. It is certain that we are in the midst of a highly successful and lucrative period; albeit for most surgeons committing their efforts to office-based surgery, perhaps with a loss of the diversity and excitement of the hospital-based advances of the previous decades.
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Sex Steroids, Periodontal Health, and Tooth Loss in Older Men
from Journal of Dental Research
Sex steroids have a significant effect on skeletal biology in men, with reduced levels being associated with lower skeletal bone mass and cortical thickness. The purpose of this study was to determine if sex steroids are associated with periodontitis and tooth loss in a cohort of 1210 older dentate men followed for three years. Periodontal measures included attachment loss, pocket depth, gingival bleeding, and number of teeth.
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Measuring Gingival Crevicular Fluid
from Dental Economics
The generally accepted model of periodontal disease development and progression is bacterial infection by perio pathogens in oral biofilms, followed by the body's inflammatory response causing the majority of periodontal tissue destruction. This study compared the levels of cytokines in the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) before and after periodontal therapy. Cytokines are regulatory proteins that are released as part of the inflammatory response. They play an important role in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease.
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Dental Equipment Market Review Reveals the Global Dental Equipment and Consumables Market is Estimated to be $26 Billion by 2014
from Reuters
The generally accepted model of periodontal disease development and progression is bacterial infection by perio pathogens in oral biofilms, followed by the body's inflammatory response causing the majority of periodontal tissue destruction. This study compared the levels of cytokines in the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) before and after periodontal therapy. Cytokines are regulatory proteins that are released as part of the inflammatory response. They play an important role in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease.
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