News tagged with dental clinics


Researchers increase the success rate of tooth implants

Elderly or people with osteoporosis, smokers, diabetics or people who have had cancer are sometimes not eligible to receive dental implants as their bones are unable to correctly integrate the new prostheses which replace ...

Dentistry created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Emotional intelligence trumps IQ in dentist-patient relationship, study finds

IQ directly relates to how students perform on tests in the first two years of dental school. But emotional intelligence (EI) trumps IQ in how well dental students work with patients, report researchers from Case Western ...

Dentistry created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Periodontitis: The underestimated danger

According to information from the World Health Organisation (WHO), periodontitis is one of the most frequent and underestimated common diseases worldwide. Although the loss of every second tooth is attributable ...

Dentistry created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Benefits, challenges of making health care safer and better: Study reviews a national initiative to 'retool'

Safety and quality seem like obvious goals for health care education. But improving the way budding doctors and nurses are taught, bringing those professions together in the classroom and clinical settings, and measuring ...

Health created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists increase the success rate of tooth implants

Elderly or people with osteoporosis, smokers, diabetics or people who have had cancer are sometimes not eligible to receive dental implants as their bones are unable to correctly integrate the new prostheses ...

Medical research created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Evidence insufficient to recommend routine antibiotics for joint replacement patients

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), and the American Dental Association (ADA) found that there is insufficient evidence to recommend the routine use of antibiotics for patients with orthopaedic implants to ...

Other created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Infection-causing bacteria are the bad guys of the health-care world, but dental detectives track them down

It began as a routine investigation. There were five disinfectants in town—ecofriendly types. Claimed they could wipe out bacteria in dental clinics. Tufts researchers had to figure out whether the cleaners ...

Dentistry created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Dental school, foster care agency partnership improves child health, aids student training

A partnership between a New York City dental school and a local foster care agency has provided consistent dental care to more than 650 children, and may serve as a model for other dental school program curriculums. The success ...

Pediatrics created Oct 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Improving the oral health of adults with special needs proves challenging

A comprehensive study using electronic dental records to profile the oral health status of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) has concluded that access to specialized dental care alone is not sufficient ...

Dentistry created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find joint failures potentially linked to oral bacteria

The culprit behind a failed hip or knee replacements might be found in the mouth. DNA testing of bacteria from the fluid that lubricates hip and knee joints had bacteria with the same DNA as the plaque from patients with ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rainforest remedy could spell end of dental pain

(Medical Xpress) -- An ancient Incan toothache remedy – for centuries handed down among an indigenous people in the rainforests of Peru – could be on the cusp of revolutionising worldwide dental ...

Medications created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast