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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Researchers Find Joint Failures Potentially Linked To Oral Bacteria
The culprit behind a failed hip or knee replacements might be found in the mouth. DNA testing of bacteria from the fluid that lubricates hip and knee joints had bacteria with the same DNA as the plaque from patients with gum disease and in need of a joint replacement…
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Risk Of Blood-Vessel Constriction Linked To Gum Disease May Be Increased By Specific Protein
A protein involved in cellular inflammation may increase the risk of plaque containing blood vessels associated with inflammatory gum disease, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2012 Scientific Sessions in Chicago. The protein, CD36, is found in blood cells, as well as many other cell types…
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Gum Disease Not Found To Cause Heart Disease Or Stroke
Despite popular belief, gum disease hasn’t been proven to cause atherosclerotic heart disease or stroke, and treating gum disease hasn’t been proven to prevent heart disease or stroke, according to a new scientific statement published in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal. Keeping teeth and gums healthy is important for your overall health…
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Oral Cancer Detection Could Dramatically Increase With Saliva Test
A Michigan State University surgeon is teaming up with a Lansing-area dental benefits firm on a clinical trial to create a simple, cost-effective saliva test to detect oral cancer, a breakthrough that would drastically improve screening and result in fewer people dying of the world’s sixth most common cancer…
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Why Gums Suffer With Age
New research from Queen Mary, University of London in collaboration with research groups in the USA sheds light on why gum disease can become more common with old age. The study, published in Nature Immunology, reveals that the deterioration in gum health which often occurs with increasing age is associated with a drop in the [...]
Brain Tumors Linked To Dental X-Rays
A common and potentially debilitating non-cancerous brain tumor has been linked to dental X-Rays. Research from the Yale School of Public Health published online in Cancer, a journal of the American Cancer Society, says that people who received frequent dental X-Rays before doses were lowered, were more than twice as likely to develop the [...]
Dental X-Rays Linked To Most Common Brain Tumor
People who received frequent dental x-rays in the past have an increased risk of developing the most commonly diagnosed primary brain tumor in the United States. That is the finding of a study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society…
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Dental X Rays Tied To Brain Tumors
The largest study of its kind finds that a history of frequent dental x-rays, particularly at a young age, is tied to an increased risk of developing meningioma, the most common type of primary brain tumor in the United States…
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Screening For Alcohol Abuse At The Dentist’s
In a report published in the April edition of the Royal College of Surgeon’s Dental Journal, health experts warn that excessive alcohol consumption causes mouth cancer and dental disease. According to the experts, in order to tackle this as fast as possible, screening and treatment for alcohol abuse is critical…
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