Dental problems of Teenagers – Five Most Common Causes
Teenagers have a lot of issues to think about and deal with everyday. School pressures, navigating social issues, and trying to figure out just where they fit in the grand scheme of things is enough...
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Your Dentist Can Help Protect You From Diabetes
Diabetes is a condition affecting up to 100 million Americans, making it one of the biggest health concerns facing the U.S.. While it can be managed with a change in diet and prescription medication,...
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Reducing mental distress in patients undergoing dental procedures including...
An interesting article titled “Non-pharmacological interventions for reducing mental distress in patients undergoing dental procedures: Systematic review and meta-analysis” by Sophia Burghardt et al.,...
View ArticleTooth Decay Higher in Children Who do not Drink Tap Water, But Blood Lead...
A new study appearing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has shown that American children who do not drink tap water are much more likely to have tooth decay than those who do, but also...
View ArticleHousehold Environment Shapes Saliva Microorganisms
Researchers from UCL in the United Kingdom have discovered that the mix of microorganisms in a person’s saliva are largely determined by the household they live in. The study showed that early...
View ArticlePreventing Tooth Cavities with an Inhibitor
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have created a small molecule that prevents tooth cavities in a preclinical model. The inhibitor blocks the function of an enzyme in an oral...
View ArticleWill Dental School Debt Lead to Future Counseling?
Future dentists these days are being subjected to large amount of loans that are necessary as a part of dental school. This topic has been covered a bit before on this site, see for example...
View ArticleDentists Should be Prepared to Refer to a Counselor, Psychologist or...
In recent years more and more dentists have had to deal with patients with substance use disorders. Wisdom teeth extractions are sometimes said to be a potential cause of a later substance use...
View ArticleHow Does Cavity Causing Bacteria Survive?
Researchers from the University of Basel’s Preventative Dentistry and Oral Microbiology Clinic and Department of Biomedical Engineering have found that extracellular polysaccharides play a central role...
View ArticleDental X-rays Show Vitamin D Deficiency
McMaster anthropologists have found that human teeth hold important information about Vitamin D deficiency which can be identified by a dental X-ray. The researchers had previously discovered that...
View ArticleMicrobes to Modify Nitrates in Migraine Headache Sufferers
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found that the mouths of those who suffer from migraine headaches have significantly more microbes with the ability to modify nitrates than...
View ArticleHaving diabetes can lead to periodontitis
Those with diabetes may end up with periodontitis, a gum infection which causes tooth loss. University of Pennsylvania researchers has found diabetes triggers changes in oral microbiome which increases...
View ArticleNanodiamonds to Help With Root Canal Recovery
Researchers at UCLA found in a clinical trial that nanodiamonds protected disinfected root canals after the nerve and pulp were removed. This result may help people who undergo root canals as it could...
View ArticleTerror Attack Survivors More Prone to Headaches
Researchers have shown that survivors of a terror attack have an increased risk of frequent migraine and tension headaches developing after the attack. Therefore there are potential physical effects of...
View ArticleGum to Test for Inflammation in Mouth
Researchers from the University of Würzburg in Germany have developed a chewing gum that is capable of detecting inflammation in the mouth. The research was motivated by the fact that 6% to 15% of...
View ArticleOpioids Overused For Migraine Headache Treatment
A new study that attempted to find racial disparities in the treatment of migraine headaches found no differences and instead found that opioids are often overused for migraine headache treatment. As...
View ArticlePrevent cavities in sensitive teeth
People with sensitive teeth know that taking a sip of an ice cold drink can cause a painful jolt in the mouth. There are different approaches to treat this condition but the treatment usually does not...
View ArticleHyperbaric oxygen therapy may help with Alzheimer’s disease
A study by researchers at Tel Aviv University shows that hyperbaric oxygen treatments may help improve symptoms by patients who have Alzheimer’s disease. Putting someone in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber...
View ArticleWhy is Pain in the Face and Head Worse than the Rest of the Body?
Researchers have found why pain from the head and face can be more disruptive, and emotionally draining than pain in other parts of the body. The researchers found that sensory neurons from the head...
View ArticleOpioid pain relievers to reduce overdose risk
Researchers at the The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in Florida have developed opioid pain relievers that do not slow or stop breathing which is the cause of overdose. According to the U.S. Centers...
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