Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/dentistry/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241323.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241323.phpStripping some mouth bacteria of their access key to gangs of other pathogenic oral bacteria could help prevent gum disease and tooth loss. The study, published in the journal Microbiology suggests that this bacterial access key could be a drug target for people who are at high risk of developing gum disease...Dentistry Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241274.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241274.phpInjectable progesterone contraceptives may be associated with poor periodontal health, according to research in the Journal of Periodontology...Sexual Health / STDs Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240991.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240991.phpWhen dentists do a root canal they are supposed to use steel posts, and definitely not paper clips. A dentist from Massachusetts has just received a 1-year prison sentence at the Bristol County House of Correction, for using paper clips for just such procedures - he had faced charges of assault and battery, as well as defrauding Medicaid to the tune of $130,000, and intimidating a witness. Dr...Litigation / Medical Malpractice Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240877.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240877.phpResearchers at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine have identified a genetic variation that raises the risk of developing serious necrotic jaw bone lesions in patients who take bisphosphonates, a common class of osteoclastic inhibitors. The discovery paves the way for a genetic screening test to determine who can safely take these drugs...Bones / Orthopedics Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239993.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239993.php The hardest substance in the human body is moved by its strongest muscles: When we heartily bite into an apple or a schnitzel, enormous strengths are working on the surface of our teeth. "What the natural tooth enamel has to endure also goes for dentures, inlays or bridges", glass chemist Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Russel of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) says...Dentistry Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239945.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239945.php Scientists are reporting identification of two substances in licorice - used extensively in Chinese traditional medicine - that kill the major bacteria responsible for tooth decay and gum disease, the leading causes of tooth loss in children and adults...Dentistry Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239754.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239754.phpWhile infants under 12 months old may only have a few teeth, experts say they should been seen by a dentist within the first year of life. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry's revised guidelines on infant oral health recommend infants 6 to 12 months old should to be seen by a dentist. More than 40 percent of children have tooth decay by the time they reach kindergarten...Dentistry Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239315.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239315.phpNearly 20 million Americans annually visit a dentist but not a general healthcare provider, according to an NYU study published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study, conducted by a nursing-dental research team at NYU, is the first of its kind to determine the proportion of Americans who are seen annually by a dentist but not by a general healthcare provider...Dentistry Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239524.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239524.phpClinicians need a protocol to reduce the risk of substantial bleeding after dental extractions in cardiac patients who take anticoagulant medications...Dentistry Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239381.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239381.phpAllowing a patient to be comfortable and pain-free during surgical and restorative dental procedures is an essential part of the process. The most commonly used local anesthetic injection for lower teeth is the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) block. However, failure rates ranging from 10 to 39 percent have been reported...Dentistry Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239351.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239351.phpA common oral bacteria, Fusobacterium nucleatum, acts like a key to open a door in human blood vessels and leads the way for it and other bacteria like Escherichia coli to invade the body through the blood and make people sick, according to dental researchers at Case Western Reserve University...Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239113.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239113.phpWhen it comes to receiving dental care, New Jersey has its share of underserved children, according to a Rutgers study. In 2009, more than one-fifth of the state's children between 3 and 18 received no dental care within the previous year...Dentistry Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238829.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238829.phpNew fluorescent labeling technology that distinguishes in a single image the population size and spatial distribution of 15 different taxa has uncovered new taxon pairings that indicate unsuspected cooperation -- and standoffishness -- between members of the microbe biofilm that covers teeth, according to a presentation at the American Society for Cell Biology's Annual Meeting in Denver...Dentistry Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238777.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238777.phpIt is now possible to use dental X-rays to predict who is at risk of fractures, reveals a new study from researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy reported in the journal Nature Reviews Endocrinology...Bones / Orthopedics Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238430.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238430.phpIt looks like bone. It feels like bone. For the most part, it acts like bone. And it came off an inkjet printer. Washington State University researchers have used a 3D printer to create a bone-like material and structure that can be used in orthopedic procedures, dental work, and to deliver medicine for treating osteoporosis...Bones / Orthopedics Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238380.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238380.phpThe Government's plan to switch its Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination from "Cervarix" to Gardasil" from Sep. 2012, has been welcomed by the British Dental Health Foundation. The leading oral health charity believes that the novel vaccine will deliver increased health benefits and prevent genital warts...Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237870.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237870.php Annual Childhood Flu Vaccines May Interfere With Development of Crossresistance Vaccinating children annually against influenza virus interferes with their development of cross-reactive killer T cells to flu viruses generally, according to a paper in the November Journal of Virology...Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237742.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237742.phpAn important new study from the Laboratory for Developmental Genetics at USC has confirmed cytomegalovirus (CMV) as a cause of the most common salivary gland cancers. CMV joins a group of fewer than 10 identified oncoviruses - cancer-causing viruses - including HPV...Cancer / Oncology Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/237641.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/237641.php Two new studies give further insights into the links between mouth hygiene, gum disease and cardiovascular events...Cardiovascular / Cardiology Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237608.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237608.phpProfessional tooth scaling was associated with fewer heart attacks and strokes in a study (Abstract 17704) from Taiwan presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2011...Heart Disease Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237428.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237428.phpCase Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine researchers found the human body is better at fighting gum disease when fat cells, which trigger inflammation, disappear. Findings come from a pilot study of 31 obese people with gum disease. Half of the group with an average body mass index (BMI) of 39 had gastric bypass surgery and had fat cells from the abdomen removed...Dentistry Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237254.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237254.phpDental treatment involving crown replacements costs the Swedish tax payers hundreds of millions SEK each year. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology are developing a new method for determining exactly how to optimally prepare a tooth to place a crown on it...Dentistry Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236906.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236906.phpIn a study titled "MicroRNA Modulation in Obesity and Periodontitis," lead author Romina Perri, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Oral Health Institute, conducted a pilot investigation to determine whether obesity or periodontal disease modified microRNA expression and whether there was any potential interaction between obesity and periodontitis that could invol...Dentistry Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236859.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236859.phpThe size of our jaws decreases with age. This is shown in a unique study from the Faculty of Dentistry at Malmö University that followed a cohort of dentists throughout their adult lives. The unique study started in 1949. Plaster molds were made of the jaws of dental students, who were then in their twenties...Dentistry Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236742.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236742.phpForty-five per cent of Ontarians 65 years and older did not see a dentist in the last year, increasing their risk of chronic diseases and a reduced quality of life , a new study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital, Women's College Hospital and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES) shows...Dentistry