May 08, 2008 Whiskey for Toothache? Just an Old Wives' Tale: An old wives’ tale says that strong liquor – particularly whiskey – applied to the gums or even consumed directly relieves a toothache. The tale has been around since the Civil War era...
	April 30, 2008 Caring for Eating Disorders: Merging Dental and Mental Health: Sure, teeth help us speak – but they also do a great deal of talking on their own. We acknowledge our teeth as a merger of form and function, both at the forefront of our appearance and as an important part of eating and communicating, but perhaps they deserve even more credit...
	March 05, 2008 Dentists Need More Training in Oral Cancer Detection: This year, 31,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral or pharyngeal cancer. In addition, more than 8,000 Americans will die of the disease this year...
	February 08, 2008 20 Million Dollar Smile - Grants to Improve Dental Care for Youth : In 2007, the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation (ILCHF) announced a $20 million investment directed at improving access to oral health care in the state. These funds are to be distributed within the next five years...
	December 26, 2007 As Go the Health of Our Gums, So Goes the Dollars Spent on Our Overall Health Care: Is there a correlation between gum disease and costs patients incur for their overall health care?
	December 17, 2007 Sweet Magnolia Bark = Truly Sweet Breath: According to recent study results, sweet magnolia bark goes right to the source of halitosis...
	December 10, 2007 Tooth Loss Might Predict Dementia: Tooth loss may be associated with the development of dementia late in life, according to recent research...
	December 03, 2007 Expecting Mothers Should “Brush Up” on Their Oral Hygiene Routine: Two new studies emphasize the importance of expectant mothers taking extra care of their oral health...
	November 26, 2007 Preventive Antibiotics Not Necessary For Most Dental-related Heart Problems: Precautionary antibiotics before dental work are not necessary for most people...
	November 19, 2007 Study: Breast-feeding Not Cause of Cavities: The alarming rate of cavities among young children is more likely due to smoking during pregnancy or being poor than to breast-feeding...
November 12, 2007 Paying for Good Dental Care: Can You?: If you have a toothache and can’t afford to see the dentist, your are not alone...
November 05, 2007 Snake Venom May Speed Healing Time After Oral Surgery: Study found new adhesive derived from snake venom useful in oral surgery...
October 29, 2007 Treat Sleep Problems At The Dentist’s Office: Sleep apnea is the most common sleep disorder, affecting almost one out of every eight individuals...
October 22, 2007 Most Comprehensive Study of Mercury in Dental Fillings Begins: Three million dollar NIH study builds on ongoing research into mercury from fillings and prenatal exposure...
October 15, 2007 Toothaches: Part II: There are a number of non-dental conditions which radiate their pain to the mouth, causing toothache symptoms...
October 09, 2007 Toothaches: Getting to the Root of the Problem: Toothaches used to mean the anticipation of a visit from the tooth fairy. Unfortunately, now they are a bit more of a hassle...
October 01, 2007 Smoking Can Harm The Long Term Effects of Some Oral Surgery Procedures: Study found people who smoke damaged the long-term stability of certain oral surgical procedures...
September 24, 2007 Seniors’ Oral Health: More Than Dentures : As we age, physical changes affect the body overall – but maintaining good oral health can play a big role...
September 17, 2007 New Findings on Laser Root Canal: Now, researchers believe the bacteria in root canals can be ablated through the use of laser technology...
September 10, 2007 Counterfeit Toothpaste: Fights More Than Just Tooth Decay: Scrimping on your toothpaste can be lethal...
September 04, 2007 Dental Decay Among the Very Young: First Jump in Decades: A report released earlier this year found that more than one quarter of children ages two to five have had at least one cavity in their primary teeth...
August 27, 2007 Dental Health Problems May Increase Heart Disease Risk: A strong link between our dental health and our overall health is being made...
August 20, 2007 "Lab on a Chip" for Oral Cancer Shows Promise: Finding out whether that unusual sore in your mouth is cancerous should become a lot faster and easier in the years ahead...
August 13, 2007 Stress May Leave Your Mouth A Mess: A literature review published in the August issue of the Journal of Periodontology saw a strong relationship between stress and periodontal diseases...
August 06, 2007 American Dental Association Applauds Legislators for 'Meth Mouth' Bills: Two federal bills are being aimed at preventing and treating "meth mouth," a condition resulting from methamphetamine addiction...
July 30, 2007 Nanotechnology May Strengthen Fillings: Scientists have shown that use of nanotechnology could produce tooth restorations that are stronger than the decay-fighting fillings now available...
July 23, 2007 Periodontal Diseases Are Blind To Age: Two studies suggest that periodontal diseases should be a concern to women of all ages...
July 16, 2007 Snuffing Out Oral Cancers: Dentists Can Play Important Role In Preventing Cancer: Each year more than 30,000 Americans develop oral and throat cancer, according to the American Cancer Society...
July 09, 2007 Periodontal Bacteria Found In Amniotic Fluid: Study evaluates women at risk for premature labor and finds periodontal bacteria in amniotic fluid...
July 02, 2007 Good Teeth Mean Good Health: Many Americans are skipping their regular check-up with their dentist and putting themselves at risk for more serious diseases...
June 25, 2007 Diet And Parental Vigilance Imperative to Improving Children’s Dental Health : A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found an astonishing increase in tooth decay for two to five year olds...
June 18, 2007 Nanotechnology: The New Buzz Word In Dental Implants: Many prominent dental implant manufacturers are incorporating nanotechnology into their dental implant surface designs...
June 11, 2007 Melatonin Shows Promise In The Fight Against Periodontal Diseases: This literature review looks at the role melatonin could play in oral health...
June 04, 2007 New Test May Provide Key to Oral Cancer Detection: The FDA has approved a device that will allow dentists to better detect and treat oral cancer...
May 29, 2007 Impact of CT Scan on Dental Implants: Although dental implants have been around since the 1950s, recent advancements have made them faster, less invasive, and more accurate than ever before...
May 21, 2007 Smoking, Sleep and Oral Health : Study identifies lifestyle factors that have the biggest impact on periodontal health...
May 14, 2007 One Drop And Ten Minutes To Diagnose Periodontal Disease: Now, dentists can use an in-office kit to analyze saliva for the presence of a common and serious inflammatory condition...
May 07, 2007 Dental Visits May Help Your Baby Arrive on Schedule: Periodontal therapy may reduce the risk of delivering a preterm low birth weight baby...
April 30, 2007 Case Study Illustrates Link Between Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Oral Health: The overweight and obesity epidemic continues sweeping through the developed world, and researchers are looking for ways to lessen its impact...
April 23, 2007 Small Bacteria, Big Impact: Two studies look at the possible connection periodontal bacteria may have with other systemic conditions...
April 16, 2007 California Cracks Down on Kids’ Dental Care: As the U.S. Surgeon General names dental and oral disease a "silent epidemic" among Americans, California requires parents to provide evidence of their children's dental care...
April 09, 2007 Secondhand Smoke Proves to Be No Joke on Oral Health: Secondhand smoke may be associated with bone loss in subjects with periodontitis...
April 02, 2007 Dental X-Rays Can Aid in Detecting Osteoporosis: A computer program that analyzes routine dental X-rays can identify patients at risk for osteoporosis, according to researchers...
March 26, 2007 Link Found Between Gestational Diabetes and Periodontal Disease: Nearly one out of two women with gestational diabetes also has periodontal disease, according to findings from Tulane University researchers...
March 19, 2007 Scientists Bioengineer Teeth in Mice: Dentistry may be joining the ranks of regenerative medicine...
March 12, 2007 At-Home Tooth Whitening: Good For A Quick Fix: The pursuit of an ever-bright and painfully white smile may not be over for the tooth-obsessed, but according to new research, at-home teeth whitening kits are a viable option...
March 05, 2007 Periodontal Treatment and Cardiovascular Health : Exciting new research suggests that intensive periodontal treatment may reverse atherosclerosis...
February 26, 2007 Behavioral Training, Biofeedback Can Help TMJ Patients: These practices reduced overall and jaw-related care costs for patients with temporomandibular disorder...
February 20, 2007 Sun, Surf and Bad teeth: Tooth decay is a problem among students in California, as everywhere...
February 12, 2007 Link Found Between Periodontal Disease and Pancreatic Cancer: Take care of your dental health to reduce your risk of this type of cancer...
February 05, 2007 Intelligent Attacks on Tooth Decay: A new, smart anti-microbial treatment just might be the answer to tooth decay...
January 29, 2007 Calcium Is Important For Nursing Mothers' Oral Health : A low-calcium diet can harm supporting structures around teeth and gums, especially for nursing mothers...
January 18, 2007 Promising Discovery of Protein Involved in Face, Head, and Neck Pain Has Researchers Cautiously Optimistic : Hope for conditions like gum disease, migraines, and TMJ...
January 04, 2007 A Clean Toothbrush Can Be A Hedge Against Cold and Flu Germs: In the winter we button up our coats and don our hats to ward off colds and flu...
December 11, 2006 Holiday Stress And Oral Health: Don't neglect your teeth this holiday season. Follow these simple steps...
December 04, 2006 Tickets? –check. Bags? –check. Toothbrush?: Don't let your oral hygiene fall to the wayside when traveling...
November 27, 2006 New Technology Could Help Detect Oral Cancer: A newly discovered optical device may change the face of oral cancer detection...
November 21, 2006 Leading Dental Association’s Wish List Highlights Cutting Edge of Dentistry: From dental pulp to adult derived stem cell research, dentists have their sights set on pushing state-of-the-art dentistry to new heights...
November 13, 2006 Tooth or Consequences: Thoughts on Oral Care from the Professionals : “There’s no tomfoolery when it comes to taking care of your mouth,” says Kenneth Bueltmann, DDS, a member of the board of directors for the Chicago Dental Society...
November 02, 2006 Drugs for Osteoporosis and Cancer Linked to Osteonecrosis: Osteonecrosis of the jaw bone is not a pretty picture. The teeth are long gone, and what’s left is exposed bone, darkened and rotted...
October 24, 2006 Keeping Your Teeth Healthy Keeps Your Heart Healthy Too: There appears to be a connection between periodontal gum disease and the build-up of arterial plaque that can give rise to coronary heart disease...
October 16, 2006 It’s a Two Way Street: Diabetes and Periodontal Disease Update: Periodontal disease, or infections of the gums and bone, can be exacerbated by uncontrolled diabetes...
October 11, 2006 Give Thanks for Cranberries : “Give thanks for cranberries.” That’s how the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) put it last year when they profiled the work done by oral biologist Hyun Michel Koo, DDS, PhD...
October 03, 2006 Dry Mouth Can Get the Better of Teeth and Gums: Your mouth's ability to produce enough saliva allows for ease in talking, tasting food, and swallowing. But even more important is its effect on the health of your teeth...
September 26, 2006 Candy That Helps our Teeth? : Finally, there may be a candy that actually helps our teeth. According to researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles, compounds taken from licorice may actually help prevent cavities...
September 20, 2006 Panoramic X-Rays – When the Whole Picture is Not Enough: Most of us have spent time in the dentist’s chair, biting down on those bites of soft plastic so the dentist can get shots of the upper and lower teeth...
September 11, 2006 Study of Twins Confirms Benefits of Flossing: Let’s face it, flossing can be sloppy and not all that fun. Getting into every last crevice is time consuming. Reaching clear back to do the last molar can be especially taxing...
September 05, 2006 Mobile Dental Care – Part Two: Over the past two decades American businesspeople have explored the possibility of making mobile dental offices a paying proposition...
August 29, 2006 Dental Care – Rolling into a Parking Lot near You?: Don’t expect to get dental implants in a mobile unit, but if you’re tight on time or budget constraints have the family in a bind, the van parked near your place of employment or school might be just what the dentist ordered...
August 23, 2006 Young Boys and Fluoridated Drinking Water – Questions Remain: It’s been decades since the battles of the 1970s over putting fluoride in drinking water pitted Americans across the country against one another...
August 16, 2006 A Mouth Restoration – Conclusion of an Implant Patient's Story: A mouth restoration story. To be typing those words for the last time gives me pause. For two years now it’s been: “Oh yeah, an implant here, a root canal there,” but now...
August 08, 2006 Teeth in an Hour – Dr. McAndrew’s Implant Patient is a Believer: Janice Orlik has only had her dental implants since April, but she’s already a believer. “Three days after the surgery I was eating chicken salad and pasta,” said the 51-year-old grandmother...
July 26, 2006 Shooting, Scoring and Saving Your Teeth: Well the Stanley Cup finished up and Carolina Hurricanes star player Eric Staal is off to the dentist. He is just one of the hundreds of players who will need reconstructive work on lost or broken teeth...
July 18, 2006 A Mouth Restoration Story – Part 14: The question is: should I lead you down the rose garden path that I walked or give you the outcome up front? It doesn’t seem right to withhold information...
July 12, 2006 Dental Labs Play Key Role in Tooth Restoration Quality: Since the lab work takes place in locations removed from dental offices, patients oftentimes aren’t aware that they have options and that decisions related to labs...
July 06, 2006 The History of Dental Implants – and Baby Boomers: When they were just tykes, baby boomers cared little that a man named Per-Ingmar Branemark, M.D., Ph.D., won a faculty position at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Nor could they have realized...
June 28, 2006 A Mouth Restoration Story – Part 13: This is the day my teeth go in – if the last adjustments the lab made are sufficient. Walking into the office is different than it has been before...
June 20, 2006 Dental Professionals – Possible Reporters of Domestic Violence: Domestic violence self-propagates in many ways, perpetrates itself even in supposedly modern countries, and manages to keep itself, if not secret, at least massively underreported and under-prosecuted...
June 13, 2006 Dental Care Abroad – Luck of the Draw?: Personally, I like my vacations straight up, without needles and drills and scalpels. But say what we like about the superior care dental care Americans enjoy, the bottom line is that dentistry can be pricey...
June 06, 2006 A Mouth Restoration Story – Part 12: Fitting the metal castings for your restored teeth is one thing, but having the pretty porcelain restorations placed in your mouth – if only momentarily for a fitting – is the cat’s meow. Sort of anyway...
May 30, 2006 ADA Objects to Unlicensed Dental Therapists in Rural Alaska: Native American residents in rural Alaska are caught between a rock and a hard place. Children have dental decay rates 2.5 times higher than the national average, trained dentists and dental hygienists are scarce in their area...
May 24, 2006 A Mouth Restoration Story – Part 11: I remember my prosthodontist saying back in January that I still had a ways to go. Like many things he’s said that I’ve come to fully appreciate only with the benefit of hindsight...
May 16, 2006 Dental Implants at Your General Dentist’s – Part Two: More than 25 percent of the general dentists who Nader Rassouli, D.D.S, M.S. tried to interest in taking a course on implant basics have taken him up on the offer...
May 09, 2006 A Mouth Restoration Story – Part Ten: I’m two days out from my last prosthodontist appointment and I still feel it. I’m not walking-wounded as I was yesterday granted, and at least I have the marbles to write now...
May 01, 2006 Dental Implants at Your General Dentist’s Office Soon?: “Dental implants are not the future of dentistry,” said Nader Rassouli, D.D.S., M.S., Portland, Ore. prosthodontist, “They are here...
April 25, 2006 Crowns – Getting Your Top Choice: The horror stories about crowns are everywhere. The hygienist who sadly talks about how she sees crowns that fit so poorly they are plaque traps dooming tooth structures beneath. Then there’s the dental lab owner...
April 19, 2006 Saving Soldiers’ Teeth: Can you forget about brushing your teeth? Well, not exactly – at least, not yet. But, the Army Dental and Trauma Research Detachment is in the process of developing a gum that soldiers can use to clean their teeth while in combat...
April 10, 2006 A Mouth Restoration Story – Part Nine: The cloying taste of the cherry-flavored topical used to desensitize tissue works its way over my taste buds. My prosthodontist holds the long Q-tip in place while he explains the day’s program for the six lower teeth that span the front of my mouth...
April 03, 2006 Dental Implants Success Rates Linked to Patient Health: For those who are good candidates, dental implants are best thing to come around since women discovered comfortable shoes. That said, the “good candidates” part can’t be under-estimated...
March 28, 2006 A Mouth Restoration Story – Part Eight: The second to last of my dental implants gets uncovered today, and since it’s right in front, I’ll be able to see the process easily. It’s a short appointment starting at 3:30 on a benign Portland afternoon where gray...
March 20, 2006 A Second Look at Cough Syrup: Good old Luden’s and other cough remedies under attack as nothing more than snake oil? It would seem so, given the new guidelines by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)...
March 13, 2006 A Mouth Restoration Story – Part Seven: Life can be tough when your dentist and your yoga teacher both head out to Mexico in early February for a week – especially when you wanted to go on the yoga retreat but decided to remain in blustery old Portland to work...
March 08, 2006 Behind Your Smile – Links between Gums and Arteries Explored : It makes sense if you think about it. If one area of the body is amiss another may be also. If gums are so inflamed and infected that tooth loss results, another area, like the arteries, could have a problem too...
February 28, 2006 A Mouth Restoration Story – Part Six: Part of the beauty of writing these stories is that I’ve gotten more involved in the procedures than I ever have before. Also, the people who work on me engage me more – both the teams in my prosthodontist’s office and at my endodontist’s...
February 22, 2006 A Mouth Restoration Story - Part Five: Sigh. It’s time to talk about my front teeth. If they haven’t been up, down, and around the pike, I don’t know what has. There have been root canals, including several new ones this past fall and winter...
February 13, 2006 Give Kids a Smile – National Children’s Dental Health Month: The good people in Ohio started giving a nod to kids’ dental health humbly enough. On the third of February in 1941, organizers staged a one-day Cleveland event designed to focus on children’s dental health...
February 06, 2006 A Mouth Restoration Story - Part Four: There's never a dull moment at my prosthodonist's office, and this time, wouldn't you know, we did one last implant surgery...
February 01, 2006 Good Oral Health Important As You Age: Since the population that is currently aging grew up without community water fluoridation, oral diseases and conditions are relatively prevalent according to the National Center of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion...
January 23, 2006 The Odds of Keeping Teeth – The Rule of Nine: Teeth are gorgeous in their place, but once uprooted they are like company that has stayed too long. Patients that have to have a tooth extracted often don’t even give a backward glance at the offender...
January 17, 2006 Risky Business – The Very Real Dangers of Tongue Piercing: Any piercing comes with some health risks, even traditional ear piercing. But piercing your tongue in particular carries specific risks that might give you pause to reconsider...
January 09, 2006 A Mouth Restoration Story – Part Three: Over years of crowning and bridging and finally wearing partials, my bite has gone to the dogs and my front teeth flared out some. You might not notice it just talking to me, but on closer inspection...
January 03, 2006 Implants Provide Solid Foundation for Dentures: Not only do denture wearers gain added confidence and comfort by having dental implants placed, a recent study shows the survival rate of implant-supported dentures is high...
December 28, 2005 A Mouth Restoration Story – Part Two: I scheduled my first official reconstructive appointment the day before Thanksgiving – a move I do not recommend to others since I ended up mincing my way through a five course meal not 24 hours later...
December 19, 2005 Like Fine, Custom Jewelry – A Mouth Restoration Story: Now as 2005 is giving way to ‘06, I’m on the last leg of the journey – preparing to have the equivalent of an extraordinarily fine set of custom jewelry installed in my mouth...
December 12, 2005 Smokers Not Getting in to See Dentists : Even though people that use tobacco are more susceptible to oral disease, a recent study published in American Journal of Health Behavior says that nicotine users do not go to the dentist as often as non smokers...
December 05, 2005 A Bad Combination: Healthy Gums and Hookah Pipes: A hookah – or water pipe – is typically an elaborate, but beautiful contraption used to smoke tobacco, usually sweetened with dried fruit or honey. However, a new study suggests that despite its beauty, smoking a hookah is just as bad as lighting up a cigarette...
November 29, 2005 Gum Disease Findings Surprise Experts: People in their twenties that think they don’t have to worry about gum disease might want to listen up to Raymond White...
November 21, 2005 What You Need to Know About Whitening Your Teeth : Want pearly whites? Who doesn’t? It seems everyone wants the straightest, whitest teeth, and commercial companies and dentists are appeasing the masses.But how safe is whitening, really...
November 14, 2005 The Job Behind the Mask – Part Two : Portland dental hygienist, Nina Lieblick, R.D.H., continues her patient education with the topics including: Home care, sugar, tobacco and bulimia...
November 07, 2005 The Job Behind the Mask: A Dental Hygienist Talks Business: If you could actually talk to the person working in your mouth, this is how the conversation might go...
October 31, 2005 Troubled Teeth: Amoxicillin Used in Infancy Can Cause Problems Later: A benign pink liquid used to cure such ailments as childhood ear infections may not be completely harmless after all. A new study has found a link between amoxicillin use during infancy and developmental enamel defects of permanent teeth...
October 24, 2005 Dental Care – A Function of Economic Class?: Despite regimes of sealants and fluorides aimed at countering poor oral hygiene habits and diets high in sugary foods and drinks, children in lower economic classes are still slipping through the cracks...
October 17, 2005 A Trip to the Dentist can Save Your Life: Oral health practitioners can play an integral role in the diagnosis of eating disorders, according to an article published in a special issue devoted to women's health in the dental journal, Compendium. Signs of self-induced vomiting, one of the hallmarks of the condition bulimia nervosa...
October 11, 2005 The Dental Evolution: From “Molar-Manglers” to Prosthodontists and Beyond: Clearly dentistry has come a long way from 1844 when only the spell of nitrous oxide gave relief from the not-so-polite pliers dentists used to extract teeth gone awry...
October 05, 2005 "Meth Mouth" on the Rise: It’s being called the oral plague. Teeth turn an ugly brown, go soft, flake, crack, crumble and fall out. The rapid tooth loss is also driving demand for dental implants. But it’s not something that is easily caught...
September 26, 2005 New Prospects for Oral Health – Starting with Society’s Youngest Members: If the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has its way, today’s children will come of age with better prospects for oral health. Its recent report states that tooth decay “is the single most common chronic disease of childhood...
September 19, 2005 Good Self Care = Sound Oral Health: Once again, those of us who get up off the couch, eat well and keep our weight down take the prize. This time instead of the usual links to lowering heart disease and adult onset diabetes, it’s our teeth...
September 12, 2005 Americans Doing Better with Oral Health: Released in late August, the report, “Surveillance for Dental Caries, Dental Sealants, Tooth Retention, Edentulism, and Enamel Fluorosis – United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2002,” pointed to both positive trends and to outstanding problems...
September 06, 2005 Endodontics or Root Canals 101: Whatever it’s called, Cindy Parker had to have one – the dental procedure that reams infected pulp out of the canals in the roots of a teeth. “It was my fault,” Parker said, “I took better care of my horse’s teeth than I did my own...
August 29, 2005 Saved by the Straw! Sipping Soda can Reduce Cavities: According to research recently published in General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) clinical, peer-reviewed journal, correct positioning and use of straws when drinking soda can help reduce the risk of cavities...
August 22, 2005 Crowns Have Limited Lifetimes: “I know for me the idea of even having to get a crown was such a big deal that I just assumed it would last my lifetime,” said Bob Alstair who’s in his forties and has more crowns than he does natural teeth...
August 15, 2005 Don’t Wait! Delaying Dental Visits can Create Problems and Pain: When their heads hurt, most people take aspirin; when their throats or stomachs ache, they see their physicians; but when people’s teeth hurt, most don’t call the dentist...
August 08, 2005 A Raisin a Day Keeps the Dentist Away?: Could it be time to replace your toothbrush with raisins? Well, not exactly, but new research shows that while raisins can’t provide the overall cleanliness of a thorough tooth brushing, they may promote oral health because they affect the bacteria that cause tooth decay...
August 01, 2005 Tune in for Clean Teeth: We’ve come a long way since the Chinese invented the toothbrush in 1,000 AD. Still, although we moderns tend to think we brush our teeth long enough, most of us spend less than a minute at the task. Not long enough, say the experts...
July 26, 2005 Ready for your Close-up – Dental Health for Women : While it is important for everyone to take good care of their dental and oral health, women face special risks as a result of hormonal and chemical changes in their bodies, as well as the strain of pregnancy on nutritional and hormonal balances within the body...
July 18, 2005 Protecting the Mouths of Babes – Dental Care for Babies and Toddlers: Some parents believe it isn’t necessary to devote much time and attention to oral care for young children – after all, kids will lose their baby teeth anyway, so why spend valuable time and money on teeth that will just end up in the Tooth Fairy’s hands...
July 11, 2005 Nothing to Spit at: Saliva used to Detect Oral Cancer: When is saliva more than just spit? When used to detect cancer. A new study done at the UCLA School of Dentistry and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has shown that a simple saliva test can detect cancer of the mouth and throat...
July 05, 2005 Hot, Cold or Sweet Pain – Treating and Preventing Sensitive Teeth : Ever felt pain in your teeth after eating or drinking something hot, cold or super sweet? If so, you’ve suffered from tooth sensitivity, and you’re hardly alone...
June 27, 2005 An Electrifying Experience – Rotating Heads Best at Fighting Plaque : According to a three-month British study that included 3,800 participants, all electric toothbrushes are not the same. It’s the ones with the rotating heads that go in alternate directions that really do the job...
June 20, 2005 The Wisdom of Remaining: Wisdom teeth can cause more problems than any other tooth. They often grow in crooked or remain underneath the gum as impacted teeth. In fact nine out of 10 people have at least one impacted wisdom tooth that causes problems such as gum inflammation, infection or tooth decay...
June 13, 2005 Silk and Jazz – A Dental Implant Story - Part Five: So that was it. Two and half, three hours it took. I had a video and cream of broccoli soup I made ahead waiting, so off I went to the couch to rest up and see what would happen when the Lidocaine wore off...
June 07, 2005 Silk and Jazz – A Dental Implant Story - Part Four: Even though my prosthodontist used numbing with epinephrine in the gum tissue to help control the bleeding, his assistant still has to suction a lot and I can feel the wand as it gently bumps across the surface of the bone...
May 31, 2005 Silk and Jazz – A Dental Implant Story – Part Three: The panoramic x-ray that flattens my jaw out like a Mercator projection and makes me look like ET is on the light board behind my prosthodontist. All the intricacies of my mouth are there, and the hazy shades of gray silhouette his jet black hair...
May 23, 2005 Silk and Jazz – A Dental Implant Story - Part Two: My prosthodontist is practiced with the numbing routine. Once he gets his green surgical coat on, he picks up the shiny syringe with the circular end on the plunger and makes some sharp knocking sound while I’m careful not to steal a peek at the dreaded needle...
May 16, 2005 Silk and Jazz – A Dental Implant Story - Part One: I’m right on schedule for dental implants according to professional stats that track the baby boomer population and its extravagant ways. Not only did us boomers tend to skate around the edges of good dental care in our younger days, the experts say we’re now willing to ante up to keep our smiles...
May 10, 2005 Lip Piercing: Too High a Price for Fashion: No matter how cool that lip stud looks today, it is going to cause problems later. At the 83rd General Session of the International Association for Dental Research in Baltimore, researchers from the Ohio State University in Columbus presented a disturbing new study...
May 02, 2005 Picking a Dental Specialist: “I was so worried about my little Scottie,” said Janine Anderson of her 11 year old son. “He has to have some oral surgery and has a really hard time with dental pain. Our family dentist recommended the specialist, so I was fairly confident. But still, I wanted to meet him first and see if he was a good match for Scottie.”
April 25, 2005 Rinse Report – Update on Chlorhexidine: On an April day in Portland, Ore. the wind swept a sudden downpour sideways. Inside the large dental suite, though, hygienist Nina Cotton used an ultrasound tool to remove plaque from the teeth of her patient. “It looks you’ve been using chlorhexidine...
April 18, 2005 Dental Implant Success Rates – Patient Specifics: Technique and methods of the specialist are only half of the bargain when it comes to the success of the procedure. Indeed patients – if they are willing – can do much to improve both their short and long term prospects...
April 11, 2005 Dental Implant Success Rates – Specialist Technique and Theory: The serendipitous beginning of implant technology began in a Swedish professor’s laboratory in 1952 when the titanium microscopes he was using for an experiment bonded irreversibly to living bone tissue...
April 05, 2005 Picture This – A Dental X-ray Study : A trip to the dentist may be a little less costly and hazardous to your health, thanks to a new study which found that one type of x-ray - the panoramic - may not be needed for routine dental care...
March 28, 2005 Bridges vs. Implants - That is the Question: The first dental implants were placed in 1967. By the 1980s and 1990s, long-term studies on the first cases gave sufficient credence to the technology for use to spread. Master’s degree programs devoted to implanting multiplied
March 21, 2005 Dental Implants 101: Will it hurt? Will I have to go without teeth at any point? How much is this going to set me back? That’s the triad of questions folks generally ask about dental implants once they get in to see their specialist...
March 14, 2005 Wanted: Affordable Dental Care for Kids: One in four isn’t the greatest statistic when you’re talking about the number of low-income children getting in to see the dentist. But, in an economy that can’t seem to get off the ground, it’s hard for many parents to put dinner on the table let alone find cash for the dentist.
March 07, 2005 Moms to Be Need to Brush Up on Oral Hygiene : The to-do list for an expectant mom adds up quickly, and one item that is often overlooked is a visit to the dentist. It might come as a surprise, but pregnancy affects a woman’s teeth and gums just as other tissues in the body. And an expectant mother’s neglect of her oral health may have detrimental...
March 01, 2005 Tofu – Not Just for Dinner: British researchers are developing a tofu-based paste that acts as a filler and can help mend broken bones and tissues. For the dental community, the implications for those suffering from periodontal disease are significant given the paste’s regenerative properties...
February 22, 2005 Hand to Heart: Study Links Periodontal Disease to Atherosclerosis: Our hearts have always known what our hands were doing, but now a study connects the dots between the two in clear, if not very clean, lines. It’s all about brushing our teeth – or not brushing them very well...
February 07, 2005 New Technology, Understanding Takes the Sting Out of Dental Visits: Fear of going to the dentist is a common problem that can lead to more serious dental issues if not addressed. While it is important to recognize what causes these fears in order to alleviate them, technology is...
January 24, 2005 Dental Implants: The New Solution: Dental implants are an exciting solution to the problem of missing teeth. Traditional dentures and fixed bridges shift, fall out and reduce our ability to chew. Dental implants eliminate these problems by acting as artificial roots providing a stable foundation for replacement teeth.
December 07, 2004 Poor Oral Hygiene is Linked to the Risk of Pneumonia: Better oral hygiene, including regular tooth brushing, may reduce the risk of developing pneumonia among elderly nursing home patients, according to results of a recent study. The study found that germs from dental plaque may be inhaled, leading to pneumonia.
December 06, 2004 Innovative Treatments Yield Better Understanding of Halitosis, Bad Breath: For many people, daily brushing and flossing is enough to combat the bacteria that cause bad breath, also known as halitosis. But for some people, the nuisance of bad breath can be symptomatic of more serious causes that brushing and flossing alone cannot fix.
December 05, 2004 New Bacteria Could Permanently Prevent Cavities: A Florida-based biotech was recently given permission by the Food and Drug Administration to conduct human trials for a treatment it hopes will eliminate cavities for a lifetime. Oragenics, Inc.’s Replacement Therapy involves the use of genetically-modified bacteria...
December 01, 2004 Cranberries May Help Fight Tooth Decay: Cranberries, which are already used for their benefits on heart and urinary tract health, prevent harmful bacteria from sticking to teeth. This helps stop the formation of plaque responsible for tooth decay and gum disease.