Credit: Dental Vidas.Tongue scraping, a practice involving the removal of bacteria, dead cells, and food remnants from the tongue's surface, has garnered attention for its potential benefits. While some studies highlight advantages such as reducing harmful bacteria and combating bad breath, others suggest caution, indicating that certain claimed benefits may be overstated.Understanding Tongue AnatomyThe...
Credit: Unsplash.Since its inception in 1945, adding fluoride to public water supplies has gained widespread adoption globally. Despite its prevalence, controversy surrounds this practice, often fueled by concerns regarding its safety. But what exactly is fluoride, and why is it introduced into water sources?Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral released from rocks, soil, water,...
Dental professionals should be aware that the majority of systemic conditions often show symptoms in the mouth. These conditions include autoimmune disorders like Sjögren's syndrome, lupus, sarcoidosis, diabetes, HIV, and hematological issues. In some cases, oral symptoms of conditions such as Crohn's disease can appear before gastrointestinal symptoms. As a dental professional, I have...
Credit: CC0 Public DomainInvestigators at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have determined the microorganisms most typically discovered in intense oral diseases. Few such research have been done previously, and the group currently wishes that the investigation can deliver much deeper insight into the association in between dental germs and other diseases. The research is released...
A seven-year study led by University of Manchester researchers has concluded that fluoridation of the water supply may provide a small benefit to children's dental health.Credit: National Institute for Health ResearchThe benefits are smaller than presented in previous research studies-- carried out 50 years back-- when fluoride toothpaste was less extensively available in the...
Credit: Public DomainTUESDAY, Nov. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News)-- More and more anxious patients are coming intoxicated for dental appointments, frequently causing dentists to postpone treatment until the patient sobers up, new survey data indicate.As more states are legalizing cannabis, more than half of dentists (52%) report seeing patients intoxicated with weed or other drugs,...
Scientists from Beihang University, the Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology and the Michigan Institute of Translational Nanotechnology produced a synthetic enamel. Such Synthetic enamel as similar properties to natural tooth enamel.Article published in the journal Science. Its title: Multiscale engineered artificial tooth enamel, Science (2022). The article illustrates how well the new synthetic material compare...
The Oral Microbiome and Naturally Occurring Alveolar Bone Loss: An Experimental InvestigationIt is increasingly obvious that the collection of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that dwell on and within us—the human microbiome—significantly benefits our health. The microbiome as a supplement has been described as a management tool for immune cells that affect bone health in...
Three views of the four articulated teeth making up KDP 20. a. occlusal view showing lingually placedmesial interproximal wear facet on P4 (arrow) and buccal wear on M3; b. lingual view showing a mesiallyplaced interproximal wear facet on P4 (arrow), chips from lingual faces of all teeth and rotated, partiallyimpacted M3; c. buccal view...
Credit: Getty ImagesResearch led by scientists at the University of Toronto highlights the considerable damages that can be triggered by common teeth-whitening agents.Published just recently in Nature Scientific Reports, the study assessed the dental cell damage caused by carbamide peroxide teeth-whitening remedies.It found that a suggested application of only 10 percent carbamide peroxide gel...
