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University of Pennsylvania via Medical Xpress
Health conditions that involve inflammation run the gamut, from multiple sclerosis and lupus to arthritis, diabetes and cancer. While inflammation can serve as a normal response to help the body deal with injury or infection, problems arise when it persists, potentially harming surrounding tissues. To prevent or ameliorate this damage, the body relies on a strategy to actively clear inflammation. "It's not just extinguishing the fire of inflammation," says George Hajishengallis of the University of Pennsylvania. "You also have to return things to the way they were before the inflammatory destruction."
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Reuters
Reuters columnist Mark Miller writes, "During a recent visit to my dentist, we got talking about his frustrations with Medicare. 'It’s amazing - they have managed to eliminate teeth from the human body.' Here is what he meant: traditional Medicare does not cover most dental care. This comes as a surprise to many people at the point of retirement."
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American Dental Association
Voters favored water fluoridation in one U.S. city on Nov. 6, but chose to stop fluoridation in two others. The ADA, state and local dental associations and dental professionals often play a role in helping educate municipal leaders and citizens about the safety and efficacy of water fluoridation, which has been found safe and effective in preventing tooth decay by at least 25 percent in children and adults.
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Tammy Adams
Teens are more likely to use e-cigarettes than traditional cigarettes, according to a recent report put out by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This probably does not come as a surprise to anyone with decent youth culture awareness. Perhaps the more telling statistic — and certainly more alarming one — states that teen e-cigarette users are much more likely to start smoking. In fact, 30.7 percent of e-cigarette users will start smoking within six months versus only 8.1 percent of non-users.
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European Federation of Periodontology via News-Medical.net
Gum disease and diabetes are chronic conditions that increase with age. The link between the two diseases goes both ways. It is thought that inflammation in the body is the connection. In fact, gum disease is the most common inflammatory disease.
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Health24
The average person has anything between 20 and 100 billion bacteria in their mouth, which is more than the entire human population. According to researchers, there are more than 700 different kinds of bacteria that can live in the human mouth. The concept of bacteria in your mouth might not sound very attractive, and while it is true that certain bacteria are responsible for causing disease, not all bacteria are bad – some are actually involved in keeping you healthy.
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The R900 Wingrove™ Go-To Set provides the best instrument selection to efficiently adapt to any implant patient walking into your office, including those with narrow-based bulbous crowns, wide-based crowns, locater abutments, Hader bars, exposed threads, as well as for cement removal.
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ATRIDOX is an easy-to-use, cost-effective, locally applied antibiotic (LAA) that is placed gently below the gum line into periodontal pockets where bacteria thrive. It is the only LAA that is clinically proven to achieve three outcomes in treating chronic adult periodontitis: gain in clinical attachment, reduction of probing depths, and reduction of bleeding upon probing.
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Dentistry Today
Consider how the phone ties into every change you’re looking to implement at your practice. Four out of every 10 appointment opportunity phone calls slip through the cracks as a result of poor phone skills, according to our data. The phone is a dental practice’s lifeline to booking new and current patients. It increases the effectiveness of your marketing efforts and improves patient retention. If your focus is to expand your practice, a solid phone process is critical. Neglecting it may be the most significant factor affecting growth.
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DrBicuspid.com
Because we work with the public, there is a wide spectrum between what patients believe is appropriate behavior. Therefore, there is not one, single way to respond to these behaviors. What is a constant, however, is that someone in a leadership position is notified and the behavior is discussed and dealt with quickly.
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