Clinical Update

A Few Discoveries Away: Vaccinations and Immune Response

Vaccine developers still isolate, inactivate, and primarily inject disease-causing microorganisms into arms and legs to prime the peripheral, or systemic, immune system to.

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Trends in Tuberculosis

Preliminary data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National TB Surveillance System show that although tuberculosis (TB) reached an.

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Computerized Tomography Scanning in Oral Surgery Recovery

Computerized tomography (CT) has proven to be a useful tool in reconstructive dental implant surgery where a bone graft is required. It provides.

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Balancing Offense and Defense in Oral Biofilm

In the oral biofilm, the polymicrobial communities that inhabit our mouths, oral microbes benefit greatly from their strength in numbers. But as space.

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Detecting Early Tooth Decay

Twenty years ago, in the journal Science, Huang, et al described their initial efforts to adapt a noninvasive fiber-optic imaging technique called optical.

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Minimally Invasive Caries Removal

Alumina air-abrasion has been used to remove caries and has been shown to over-prepare access cavity preparation. A study by Dr. Avijit Banerjee,.

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Pertussis: Updated Immunization Recommendations

The best way for adolescents and adults to protect themselves and others against pertussis is to get the tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid,.

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Smoking Early in Pregnancy Raises Risk of Heart Defects in Infants

Cigarette smoking by expecting mothers during their first trimester was associated with a 20% to 70% greater likelihood that a baby would be.

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Osteoporosis Drug Associated With Very Low Risk of Serious Jaw Disease

Oral bisphosphonates, a commonly prescribed osteoporosis drug, is associated with a slightly-elevated risk of developing the rare but serious condition of osteonecrosis of.

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Single- Versus Multiple-Visit Endodontic Treatment for Infected Root Canals

A systematic review by Dr. Yingying Su, et al published in the Journal of Endodontics compared the healing rate and postobturation pain of.

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