Women Winning Battle of Sexes for Periodontal Health
Women Winning the Battle of the Sexes When It Comes to Periodontal Health Research indicates that women have better knowledge of periodontal health and are more committed to maintaining healthy teeth and gums. CHICAGO—May 11, 2011—The differences between men and...
Your don’t have to be mean! Join the Kindness Revolution!
We love The Kindness Revolution and are helping them recruit individual Members to help stop bullying. Please consider joining at http://www.facebook.com/l/f476bGLn1AM5cxC6ili0lXVeroA/www.thekindnessrevolution.net The Kindness Revolution – Home...
5 Reasons To Start Orthodontic Therapy Early Rather Than Late
Orthodontic therapy, primarily concerned with the treatment of improper bites, misaligned teeth, and jaw irregularities, is often a subject of numerous misconceptions, particularly regarding the appropriate age to commence treatment. Many hold the erroneous belief...
When you shouldn’t take Cipro and Levaquin!
Recently new warnings were released about the fluoroquinolones (quinolone antibiotics), including Levaquin and Cipro. These antibiotics may exacerbate muscle weakness in persons with myasthenia gravis. Quinolones should be avoided in patients with a known history...
Why Do Our Teeth Chatter When We Are Cold?
Teeth Chattering Teeth chattering is just a symptom of shivering. Endotherms (that’s you, me, other mammals, birds, and some insects) produce heat within the body. They use thermoregulation to keep their bodies at a constant temperature. You can thermoregulate...
Pregnant Women can have Non-Surigcal Periodontal Treatment
Pregnant women with gum disease may undergo non-surgical periodontal treatment without fear of consequences for their baby’s health. In a large trial involving 400 infants between the ages of two and three from different pediatric clinics in the US, dental...
Potential Danger from Metal Dental Crowns
Potential Danger from Dental Alloys (Metal Crowns and Cast Metal Framwork for Dentures) Whenever you have a crown or cast alloy dental restorations you have other metals than just gold. ALL cast alloy restorations contain many substances other than gold, some of...
College and Universities using Waterpipes to Smoke Tobacco?
Do you know what your teen or twenty something year old is doing in college? They might be smoking tobacco with a waterpipe (aka bong or hooka). Recently the University of Buffalo published an alarming paper about Students in schools and universities in the U.S....
New Evidence That Chronic Ulcerative Stomatitis Is an Autoimmune Disease
ScienceDaily (Apr. 14, 2011) — In the first study investigating the origins of a little-known condition called chronic ulcerative stomatitis (CUS), researchers at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine provide evidence that an autoimmune response contributes to...
Reclast is probably not associated with Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
Clinical Update Once-Yearly 5 Milligram Zoledronic Acid Intravenous Infusion (Reclast®) for Osteoporosis is Most Likely Not Associated With Osteonecrosis of the Jaw. Zoledronic acid is a bisphosphonate used as an intravenous infusion in certain cancer patients, to...