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Allergies or something else? Study tallies suspected adverse effects from dental materials

How frequently do you hear from patients citing burning mouth, issues with tasting food or drink, dry mouth, or a combination of these after a treatment? Often the first…

MMA fighters: Maxillofacial injuries more frequent in men

Male mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters were more likely to have maxillofacial injuries than female fighters. This data comes from a new study of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) athletes.

Questionnaire asks how dental education will change after COVID?

Dental education and training need to innovate to respond to patient concerns after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to recently published responses to a new questionnaire.

Early COVID survey shows OMS residents’ anxiety

It may seem like a long time ago in our memories, but during the early stages of the COVID-19, anxiety about the virus, not spreading it to patients, and being infected was prevalent. Researchers from Emory University surveyed oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS) residents…

Prostheses success, solutions, and ratios

How effective are implant-supported monolithic zirconia fixed complete dental prostheses (IFCDPs)? Do they fracture frequently? What are the dimensional parameters necessary for success? Researchers retrospectively followed 180 prostheses over six years.

How long do implants survive?

How long do implants survive? To answer that simple yet provocative question, researchers gathered the records from eight private practices.

They studied records of more than 830 implants from almost 380 patients. The patients had a mean age of 60…

Can teeth be regrown?

Perhaps the answer to that provocative question will soon be ‘Yes,’ according to a February 2021 study from Science Advances.

Researchers noted that a deficiency in a specific gene (known as Uterine sensitization-associated gene-1 or USAG-1) can lead to supernumerary teeth…

Does an adhesive cement increase materials’ fracture load value?

Can the fracture load value of restorative materials be increased by adding an adhesive cement with high compressive strength? You probably guessed the answer is yes.

Care coordination and dental practices

You are probably familiar with the idea of care coordination from your interactions with medical organizations (like HMOs). But would this concept work in a dental office?