News tagged with dental
Plastics chemical in dental fillings might affect children's behavior: study
(HealthDay) -- Children who receive dental fillings made from the controversial plastics chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) could undergo small but long-term changes in their behavior, a new study suggests.
Pediatrics
Jul 16, 2012 |
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Racial gap in kids' dental care vanishing: study
(HealthDay) -- Since 1964, the disparity between black and white children's dental care has narrowed dramatically, a new study finds.
Dentistry
Jul 05, 2012 |
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BPA exposure effects may last for generations
Exposure to low doses of Bisphenol A (BPA) during gestation had immediate and long-lasting, trans-generational effects on the brain and social behaviors in mice, according to a recent study accepted for publication in the ...
Health
Jun 15, 2012 |
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Dental plaque may increase risk of premature cancer death
Persistent dental plaque may increase the risk of dying early from cancer, suggests an observational study published in the online journal BMJ Open.
Dentistry
Jun 11, 2012 |
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OK to limit pre-dental procedure antibiotics to high risk heart patients
The incidence of infective endocarditis among dental patients in Olmsted County, Minn. did not increase after new guidelines called for giving preventive antibiotics before dental procedures only to those at greatest risk ...
Cardiology
Jun 11, 2012 |
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Study shows dental implants may cause preventable nerve damage
(Medical Xpress) -- Dental implants may cause preventable nerve damage, warn dental experts, as study highlights surgery risks
Dentistry
Jun 11, 2012 |
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Many kids on medicaid don't see dentist: study
(HealthDay) -- Only about one-third of U.S. children on Medicaid receives dental care in a single year, and how often these kids see a dentist depends on where they live, a new study finds.
Dentistry
Jun 07, 2012 |
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Study explores effects of family dynamics on oral health
What does mental health have to do with dental health? Quite a bit, according to Richard Heyman, PhD, and Amy Smith Slep, PhD, psychologists who joined the New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) in July 2011.
Dentistry
Jun 06, 2012 |
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JEBDP looks at connections between preventive dentistry and public health
The dental profession needs to build a stronger connection between oral health and general health—not only for individual patients, but also at the community level, according to the special June issue of The Journal of ...
Dentistry
Jun 04, 2012 |
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1 in 5 americans has untreated cavities: CDC
(HealthDay) -- More than one in every five Americans has untreated cavities, a new government report shows.
Dentistry
May 31, 2012 |
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Gum disease joins hot flashes and PMS associated with women's hormones
Women, keep those toothbrushes and dental floss handy. A comprehensive review of women's health studies by Charlene Krejci, associate clinical professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, has ...
Dentistry
May 29, 2012 |
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Severe gum disease, impotence may be linked
(HealthDay) -- Men with severe gum disease, known as periodontitis, are at greater risk for impotence, according to a new study that finds young men and the elderly at particular risk.
Dentistry
May 21, 2012 |
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Tiny tots in the dentist's chair among changes in pediatric dentistry
(HealthDay) -- If you've been to the dentist with your children recently, you may have noticed that things have changed since you were a kid.
Dentistry
May 18, 2012 |
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From one generation to the next, dental care changes
(HealthDay) -- Stephanie Crowe, a mother of three from Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., still remembers dreading a visit to the dentist as a young girl. It was often a painful experience, and her family's dentist showed little empathy ...
Dentistry
May 18, 2012 |
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Two Cell Transplantation studies impact dental stem cell research for therapeutic purposes
Two studies appearing in a recent issue of Cell Transplantation (20:11-12), now freely available online, evaluate stem cells derived from dental tissues for characteristics that may make them therapeutically useful and appr ...
Medical research
May 08, 2012 |
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