Clinical Update

Why Some Cancers Spread to Bones

Researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M) School of Dentistry have found that administering a common che­motherapy drug before bone tumors took root.

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Clinical Update

Report Finds Continuing Declines in Cancer Death Rates

Death rates from all cancers combined for men, women, and children continued to decline in the United States between 2004 and 2008, ac­cording.

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Clinical Update

Study Links Gum Disease and HPV-Status of Head and Neck Cancer Tumors

Human papillomavirus (HPV), once almost exclusively asso­ciated with cancer of the cer­vix, is now linked to head and neck cancer. According to a.

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Clinical Update

Potential Benefits of Sugar-Free Chewing Gum

A study by Dr. M. Al-Ha­boubi et al, published in Commun­ity Dentistry and Oral Epi­demiology, investigated the effects of prescribing sugar-free chewing gum.

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Clinical Update

Biomaterial Enhances Healing After Dental Implants

Restoring the anterior teeth after a traumatic injury poses a particular challenge biologically, functionally, and aesthetically. Even when all the procedures of a.

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Clinical Update

Promising Therapeutic Approach for Periodontal Disease

Donald Demuth, PhD, associate dean for research and enterprise, Uni­ver­sity of Louisville (UofL) School of Dentistry in Kentucky, has received a patent for.

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Clinical Update

Clostridium Difficile: Germ Poses Threat Across Medical Facilities

Infections from Clostridium difficile, a bacteria that causes diarrhea and other health issues, are a patient safety concern in all types of medical.

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Clinical Update

Successful Dental Implants for Patients Taking Biphosphonates

Reducing a patient’s treatment time and simplifying the treatment can increase patient acceptance and reduce the risk of complications. For dental implants, this.

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Reducing Postendodontic Pain

A prospective study by Drs. Adnan Atbaei and Nazanin Mortazavi, published in the Australian Endodontic Journal, evaluated the effect of intraligamentary injection of.

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Clinical Update

Bacteria on Dental Bib Holders

Researchers at the University of Witten/Herdecke in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, released a clinical study indicating that the sterilization protocol for dental bib holders.

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