(HealthDay)—Nearly two-thirds of adults have had a dental visit within the past 12 months, according to a July data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics.
Jul 8, 2021
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The health, social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have already had a dramatic impact on the prevailing oral health care model and will continue to do so. The paper "Advocacy for a Digital Oral Health That ...
Jul 8, 2021
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Dental hygienist Jeannette Diaz's patients sometimes cry. Lately, she's been crying with them.
Jul 2, 2021
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Patients who had their wisdom teeth extracted had improved tasting abilities decades after having the surgery, a new Penn Medicine study published in the journal Chemical Senses found. The findings challenge the notion that ...
Jun 29, 2021
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University of Otago and UK researchers have developed a world-first weight-loss device to help fight the global obesity epidemic.
Jun 28, 2021
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A new study demonstrates that many younger adult dental patients are taking medications, and highlights the importance of dental providers reviewing medication histories, regardless of age.
Jun 24, 2021
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Tooth loss is often accepted as a natural part of aging, but what if there was a way to better identify those most susceptible without the need for a dental exam?
Jun 24, 2021
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An increasing number of studies on artificial intelligence (AI) are published in the dental and oral sciences but aspects of these studies suffer from a range of limitations. Standards towards reporting, like the recently ...
Jun 21, 2021
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More than four out of ten patients who received dental implants suffered complications within a nine-year period, these are the results of a thesis presented at the University of Gothenburg.
Jun 18, 2021
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Inequitable access to health care is a pressing global health concern, and care of our teeth is no exception. In fact, the World Health Organization established the Global Goals for Oral Health 2020 in its efforts to help ...
Jun 14, 2021
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