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An Alzheimer’s drug might be able to repair cavities in teeth

A recent discovery about an Alzheimer's drug may lead to the end of cavity fillings in teeth as we know them. Scientists discovered the drug, Tideglusib, promoted natural tooth regrowth ...
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/ Dental composite, Dental enamel, Dental materials, Dental restoration, Dentin, Dentist, Dentistry, Human tooth, Medical equipment, Mouth, Restorative dentistry, Tooth, Tooth enamel

Teeth hold the key to early diagnosis of eating disorders

Dentists can play a key role in the detection of health conditions including anorexia nervosa, bulimia and Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD), according to research from King's College London. The data, ...
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/ Acid erosion, Bulimia nervosa, Dentist, Dentistry, Eating disorder, Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Health, Human tooth, Medicine, Oral hygiene, RTT, Tooth enamel, Vomiting

The evaluation of zinc and copper content in tooth enamel without any pathological changes – an in vitro study

Elzbieta Klimuszko,1 Karolina Orywal,2 Teresa Sierpinska,1 Jarosław Sidun,3 Maria Golebiewska1 1 - Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland; 2 - Laboratory of Biochemical Diagnostics Department, Medical ...
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/ Chemical elements, Chemistry, Coatings, Copper, Dental enamel, Dentist, Dietary minerals, Enamel, Human tooth, Medical equipment, Tooth enamel, Vitreous enamel, Zinc

For patients with disabilities, dental treatment presents extra challenges

What if the simple choice of going to see a dentist wasn't available to you? That's the plight of many people with disabilities, despite slowly changing public perceptions and laws ...
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/ Americans with Disabilities Act, Autism, Autism therapies, Dentist, Dentistry, Developmental disability, Disability, Health, Medicine, Psychiatric diagnosis, Psychiatry, Special needs dentistry, Specialty, Wanda Willis

Science Notes – Let’s talk about sex… determination

In the first ‘Science Notes’ (CA 333), we discussed the identification of a possible female Viking warrior using ancient DNA analysis. This is a guaranteed way to confirm sex in ...
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/ AMBN, Amelogenin, AMELX, AMELY, Bioarchaeology, Biology, Dentist, Genetics, Human tooth, Humanities, Museology, Osteology, Teeth

Good dental hygiene may help fight flu

With a brutal flu season that has led to more than 90 deaths in Connecticut alone, the Connecticut Dental Association is reminding the public that flu shots and hand washing ...
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/ Dentist, Hand washing, Health, Human tooth, Hygiene, Influenza, Medicine, Oral hygiene, Outline of dentistry and oral health, Periodontology, RTT, Toothbrush

Why you should avoid sipping your drinks

If you are sipping hot fruit tea as you read this, you might want to rethink your drinking technique. A new review uncovers that it is not just what we ...
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/ Acid erosion, Dentist, Dentistry, Food, Food and drink, Human tooth, Juice, Mouth, Saoirse O'Toole, Soft drink, Sugar substitute, Tooth discoloration, Tooth enamel, Tooth loss

Why get a filling when you could print a new smile?

Twinges. Painful teeth. About one in 10 people suffer from dental sensitivity caused by worn enamel. But rather than providing short-term solutions like special toothpastes or fillings, new techniques could ...
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/ Biology, Dental implant, Dentist, Dentistry, Health, Human anatomy, Human tooth, Human tooth development, Mesenchymal stem cell, Pediatrics, Restorative dentistry, Stem cells, Tooth

Jail for Kelowna man on painkillers who caused pileup at Highway 97 intersection

KELOWNA – A Kelowna man was sentenced to jail today for crashing into six vehicles and injuring two people on Highway 97 in Kelowna two years ago. William Ryan Waterston, ...
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/ British Columbia Highway 97, Dentist, Intersection, Kelowna, Land transport, Multiple-vehicle collision, Okanagan, Road traffic management, Traffic, Transport, West Kelowna, William Ryan Waterston

The dome technique: a new surgical technique to enhance soft-tissue margins and emergence profiles around implants placed in the esthetic zone

Abstract: Achieving symmetry of the soft-tissue margins between anterior maxillary dental-implant restorations and adjacent teeth is a therapeutic challenge for both the implant surgeon and the restorative dentist. This article ...
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/ Crown, Dental implant, Dentist, Dentistry, Health, Human tooth, Implant, Medicine, Oral surgery, Platform switching, Prosthetics, Prosthodontology, Restorative dentistry