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Brushing Teeth - Which Way Is The Right Way?
Thu, 17 May 2012 11:00:00 PDT
Twenty five percent of teenagers in Sweden do not brush their teeth regularly and only 10% of Swedes know how to use toothpaste effectively, according to researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Even though the majority of people in Sweden brush their teeth, only 1 in 10 brush in a way that effectively prevents tooth decay...
Read moreMost People Brush Their Teeth The Wrong Way
Thu, 17 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT
Almost all Swedes brush their teeth, yet only one in ten does it in a way that effectively prevents tooth decay. Now researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, are eager to teach Swedes how to brush their teeth more effectively. Most Swedes regularly brush their teeth with fluoride toothpaste...
Read moreStudies Impact Dental Stem Cell Research For Therapeutic Purposes
Thu, 10 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT
Two studies appearing in a recent issue of Cell Transplantation (20:11-12), now freely available on-line*, evaluate stem cells derived from dental tissues for characteristics that may make them therapeutically useful and appropriate for transplantation purposes. 1...
Read moreSports & Energy Drinks Damage Teeth
Sun, 06 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT
Sports drinks hit the wire today with a red light that their level of acidity is increasingly responsible for irreversible damage to teeth, especially amongst adolescents and younger adults, their predominant target market. The report is published in the May/June 2012 issue of General Dentistry, the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the Academy of General Dentistry...
Read moreIrreversible Damage To Teeth Caused By Sports And Energy Drinks
Thu, 03 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT
A recent study published in the May/June 2012 issue of General Dentistry, the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the Academy of General Dentistry, found that an alarming increase in the consumption of sports and energy drinks, especially among adolescents, is causing irreversible damage to teeth - specifically, the high acidity levels in the drinks erode tooth enamel, the glossy...
Read moreChildhood Dental Problems Linked To General Health Problems Later On? Australian Researchers Investigate
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:00:00 PDT
The University of Queensland Children's Nutrition Research Center at the School of Medicine and the School of Dentistry are looking for volunteers aged two, six and ten years for a new study, which aims to establish whether children may be changing their diets to eat unhealthy food because of dental problems and therefore submitting themselves to a higher risk of obesity and...
Read moreIn Ethiopia, Water Treatments Alone Are Not Enough To Combat Fluorosis
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT
Increased intake of dietary calcium may be key to addressing widespread dental health problems faced by millions of rural residents in Ethiopia's remote, poverty-stricken Main Rift Valley, according to a new Duke University-led study...
Read morePromising Handheld Diagnostic Device To Help Doctors, Dentists Detect Oral Cancer
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT
A team of American researchers have created a portable, miniature microscope in the hope of reducing the time taken to diagnose oral cancer. The probe, which is around 20 cm long and 1 cm wide at its tip, could be used by doctors to diagnose oral cancer in real-time or as a surgical guidance tool; dentists could also use it to screen for early-stage cancer cells...
Read morePeriodontal Disease Could Be Treated With Fish Oil Supplements
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT
Periodontitis, inflammation of the tissue surrounding the teeth, affects more than half of adults and is linked to an increased risk of stroke and other heart problems. To evaluate whether fish oil supplementation could be an adjunct therapy for periodontitis, Dr...
Read moreStudies On Severe Early Childhood Caries
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:00:00 PDT
The International and American Associations for Dental Research have published two studies about dental caries in children. These articles, titled "Hypoplasia-Associated Severe Early Childhood Caries - A Proposed Definition" (lead author Page Caufield, New York University College of Dentistry) and "Deciduous Molar Hypomineralization and Molar Incisor Hypomineralization" (lead author M.E.C...
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