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Good Oral Health Practices Should Begin in Infancy

...ldren to reach adulthood without ever experiencing tooth decay and that is why good oral health practices s...hood Caries (Baby Bottle Tooth Decay) Baby bottle tooth decay can destroy your child's teeth. It occurs when a child is frequently exposed to sugary liquids...

Jaw Pain? See a Cardiologist Right Away

...suffer from heart attack or angina can suffer from tooth or jaw ache without chest pains, the study said. In all, 186 patients diagnosed with angina or heart attack were asked to indicate on a body chart where they experienced pain. Almost four in 10 patients or 71 of the 186 patients, who were mainly wo...

Xylitol Fights Oral Bacteria

...logy of the oral cavity and its role in preventing tooth decay (caries). In a series of studies on child...nded as a supplement for patients at high risk for tooth decay. ? Xylitol products that actively stimulate the secretion of saliva should be the first choi...

Artificial Teeth Developed to Replace Missing Teeth

...ed them into a sticky protein called collagen. The tooth germ grew into a tiny tooth, about 1.3 mm long. The researchers then extracted the incisor from an eight-week-old adult mouse and inserted the bio-engineered tooth. After two weeks, the transplant was found to be growing perfectly, with root, en...

Homeopathy and Hypnosis Come to Dentistry

...lso look for alternatives to standard fillings and tooth replacements. Amalgams, artificial materials and metals all bring their own potential problems with them, says Becker. But decisions have to be made on an individual basis. Some patients can easily withstand metals like gold. Others fare better wit...

Kerala Sees Medical Tourism Soaring

...oseph, who runs a private dental clinic here, said tooth treatment for foreigners was a hit on account of the huge cost difference. "The biggest advantage that Kerala has on this front is the large number of non-resident Keralites settled in the US, Europe and Middle East. This movement began when they t...

Anti-Fluoride Claims Discarded As False

... is totally safe and is very effective in fighting tooth decay. This announcement has come in the wake o...ed that public water fluoridation has brought down tooth decay to a significant level. He said that fluoride is added in safe doses to drinking water, and it...

Root Beer - Safe Soft Drink

...ental erosion? ? Dental erosion involves loss of tooth structure. ? Erosion refers to the action of th...al cavities are not exactly the same. Cavities and tooth decay tend to be isolated to cavity-prone areas such as in between teeth and in pits and grooves. ...

Forsyth Scientists Wiping Out Tooth Decay Through School-based Cavities Prevention Program

...yth model of prevention there was virtually no new tooth decay. ForsythKids confronts one of today’s mos...ren enrolled in ForsythKids receive a dental exam, tooth cleaning, preventive care consisting of sealants, fluoride, temporary fillings when necessary, and o...

TCM Continues to Deal Dental Problems in Beijing

... When patients had symptoms of shang huo, such as tooth pain, gingival swelling, and a sore throat, they sought 'purging fire′ herbal medicine from the pharmacy or visited the dentist. TCM doctors regarded the concept of huo (fire) as excessive or deficient and described the consequences of patients takin...

Scientists Re-grow Dental Enamel from Cultured Cells

...d by a layer of cells that is lost by the time the tooth appears in the mouth. The enamel spends the remain...scaffolds, along with cells from the middle of the tooth (dental mesenchymal cells). The scaffolds were then transferred into the abdominal cavities of rats,...

Study Links Tooth Decay and Gum Infections to Ethnicity and Country of Origin

...r example, some ethnic groups may be more prone to tooth decay partly because their traditional foods are h...ridated water supply to provide protection against tooth decay. Heredity can play a role, as well. Some ethnic groups may be more susceptible to decay-causin...

Rare Case of Hepatitis B Virus Transmission Between Dental Patients Recorded

...ential exposures to HBV who had undergone multiple tooth extractions on a single office visit. A cross-match of the state's Hepatitis B Registry identified the source patient: a 36-year-old woman who had had teeth extracted hours earlier on the same day in the same office by the same surgeon and assistants...

Scientists Decode Genome of Oral Pathogen

...ds." Although it is not directly associated with tooth decay or gum disease, S. sanguinis is a prominent member of dental plaque. "Genomic studies of this organism will also help us better understand the formation of dental plaque and the initiation of oral diseases," added Macrina. The team reported t...

Caution Against Re-use of Dental Tools

... to remove damaged tissue from the root canal of a tooth during endodontic procedures. Dr Barry Cockcroft, the chief dental officer for England, said: "There are no reported definite or suspected cases of vCJD transmission arising from dental procedures. This new guidance to dentists is purely an extra p...

Despite Control Efforts HBV Found to Transmit After Dental Surgery

... in New Mexico who went to her dentist for routine tooth extraction in October 2001. In February the following year she developed symptoms of acute HBV infection. The woman was not sexually active, did not use intravenous drugs and had no known contacts with HBV-infected people. No problems with the sur...

Sugary Foods Turn Kids Teeth Rotten in US

...uoridated bottled water may be contributing to the tooth decay of young children, it suggests. An estimat...dren ages 2 to 5 had a cavity in at least one baby tooth between 1999 and 2004. This compared to a 24 percent rate from 1988 to 1994. But there was some g...

More Than a Toothache

... boy aged 12 years. The young teen suffered a tooth decay with fatal consequences. Being too poor, Dea... lawyer. He died as the bacteria from his infected tooth spread to his brain. In 2000, the surgeon general of US reported that tooth decay was the most chr...

Post Menopausal Women are Prone to Gum Disease

...Loss of alveolar crest bone eventually can lead to tooth loss. The association between bacterial infection and oral bone loss turned out to be strongest in overweight women, compared to normal weight or obese women. "We expected to see an increased risk for oral bone loss with increasing body mass inde...

US Consumers Warned Against Toxic Chinese Fish

First pet food, then tooth paste and now fish. There just seems to be no end to the troubles for Chinese exporters. Only two days ago the US put on hold all imports of Chinese toothpaste till the FDA comes out with its finding on whether it contains diethylene glycol, a che...

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