Oral Hygiene & Prevention 29 May 2024
Healthy teeth are wondrous and priceless – a dentist explains why and how best to protect them
At an auction in England in 2011, one of John Lennon’s teeth sold for just over US$31,000.
The etiology of some of the possible oral manifestations typical of a woman's pregnancy period lies in hormonal changes
Tooth autotransplantation (AT) involves the surgical relocation of a tooth from 1 site in the mouth to another site within the same patient.
Prevention is to be considered the most significant tool for involving the assisted person in being the responsible protagonist of his or her lifelong health project.
For the past 40 years, Research Day at Adams School of Dentistry has focused on highlighting innovations and insights into oral health care as well as the dedicated researchers who ask questions and...
Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) can stop tooth decay in young children when the topical liquid is brushed onto teeth, according to a large clinical trial funded by the National Institute of Dental and...
The evidence on the association between oral health and mortality is inconclusive and few studies have accounted for nonrandom selection bias in estimating their relationship.
Oral Hygiene & Prevention 22 March 2024
Home oral hygiene starts with sanitizing the toothbrush and other instruments
The health of the oral cavity is determined by a condition of eubiosis of the oral cavity, ensuring the microbiological balance of approximately 900 different microbial species.
Oral Hygiene & Prevention 13 February 2024
Researchers Explore Immune Checkpoint Therapy to Treat Aggressive Form of Oral Cancer
In one of the first clinical trials to explore treatment of an aggressive form of oral cancer with immune checkpoint therapy (ICT), researchers from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM),...
The person with disabilities needs assistance that meets the criteria of efficiency and effectiveness of the operational prevention protocols, which respond to the personalization of therapeutic...
Oral Hygiene & Prevention 27 January 2024
"It is important to take care of your oral health all year round, but especially when you are sick", says Dr. Gene Romo on the ADA website, indicating the advice to give to his patients in these...
Oral Hygiene & Prevention 24 January 2024
Clinical prevention approaches in the management of implant patients
The failure of implant therapy is characterized by the presence of visual signs of inflammation and bleeding on probing, mucositis (PIM) and in cases of peri-implantitis (PI), loss of supporting...
Oral Hygiene & Prevention 18 December 2023
UW periodontal researchers discover mirrored shift in oral microbiome caused by inflammation
A team of UW researchers have made a discovery that inflammation in one area of the mouth can cause a shift in the body’s immune responses in other healthy parts of the mouth, subsequently...
Oral Hygiene & Prevention 09 December 2023
Evaluation of the effectiveness of a new fluoride toothpaste containing EDTA
Gingivitis is a nonspecific inflammatory condition in response to the accumulation of oral biofilm and is an inevitable precursor of periodontitis.
Oral Hygiene & Prevention 05 December 2023
Changing oral hygiene lifestyles between continuous monitoring and innovative molecules
Monitoring home oral hygiene lifestyles is essential since behavioral change is strongly influenced by too many variables that condition its effectiveness and often the motivation carried out by the...
Oral Hygiene & Prevention 28 November 2023
New Center Will Investigate And Discover Treatments for Temporomandibular Disorders
It has a disc in the middle and then two bony structures that articulate together to open and close the jaw. But, with all that talking and eating, the jaw joint is used more than the knee. Between 5...
UNC Adams School of Dentistry’s Jane A. Weintraub, DDS, MPH, the R. Gary Rozier and Chester W. Douglass Distinguished Professor, first became interested in the science of aging when she took a...
Oral Hygiene & Prevention 23 November 2023
Periodontal infection is a common disease that unfortunately also affects young people and is characterized by rapid destruction of periodontal tissue and can lead to early tooth loss
Oral Hygiene & Prevention 28 September 2023
Periodontal and gum diseases are among the most common ones, neglecting them can have serious consequences both on oral health and on general health and maintaining healthy gums and periodontium...