I work with some great oral surgeons & periodontists. I was recently asked to evaluate tooth #31 by my periodontist colleague. This patient had been referred to him for extraction and placement of an implant. The periodontist realized that the bone loss around this root was not caused by periodontal disease. The patient reported no [...]

The application technique of the opaque did not influence the adhesion between the porcelain and metal. All the application methods demonstrated brittle cracking behaviour through the opaque layer. No visible colour differences were found between the applications methods in the final shade of the porcelain.

The new e-learning platform ILKUM (an acronym for “Interaktiver Lernzielkatalog der Universitätsmedizin Mainz” or interactive catalogue of learning objectives of Mainz University Medical Center) is a sign of things to come: Students of dentistry in 2010 now only need internet access to be able to download case studies with film and image material showing disease [...]

A tooth-bleaching agent may improve the oral health of elderly and special-needs patients, say dentists at the Medical College of Georgia and Western University of Health Sciences. Standard oral hygiene, such as brushing and flossing, can be difficult or impossible for patients with mental challenges or impaired manual dexterity. Additionally, when health problems or medications [...]

Hope 4 the World is a charity training local people in Burma in medical and dental skills that can mean the difference between life and death. Teams of dentists, doctors, nurses and midwives from the UK are sent to the refugee camps in safe zones in the trouble country to provide nationals with basic medical [...]

Internal resorption is a condition where the slow or fast resorption of the dentin of the pulp, and the internal walls of the root canals occurs. It is named as Pink tooth of Mummery after the anatomist – James Howard Mummery. The cause of this condition is not clearly known, except of few patients [...]

Oral health strategies to combat very high levels of tooth decay in children from deprived areas need to start from birth. That’s the conclusion of a large-scale study of the dental health of three-year olds published in the latest edition of the British Dental Journal. Dental inspections of over 4,000 children in Greater Glasgow carried [...]

The US Army Dental Corps continues the tradition of service that Dr. J.T. Russell participated in on numerous occasions in Vietnam Medical Civil Assistance Projects. Dr. Russell of Yellow Springs Dental Care was oral surgeon for the Khanh Hoa Provincial Hospital located in Nha Trang, Republic of Vietnam, during his year of service [...]

A new way of treating tooth hypersensitivity has been found. Researchers in the US have identified the new approach that also halts bacteria from causing further harm. The New York University dental study discovered that a coating made from fluoride and zinc ions in a calcium-phosphate matrix proved effective in reversing damage to the tubules [...]

While some teenagers may puff on cigarettes to ’self-medicate’ against the blues, scientists at the University of Toronto and the University of Montreal have found that smoking may actually increase depressive symptoms in some adolescents. Published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, the findings are part of the long-term Nicotine Dependence in Teens (NDIT) study [...]