Dentistry Gone Digital

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

By Kevin Henry. Some new numbers from the American Dental Association’s Health Policy Institute (HPI) are shining a light on just how much the hiring crisis in dentistry has grown since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to HPI data , the percentage of owner dentists who are looking for a dental hygienist for their practice has grown from 24 percent in October of 2020 to 32 percent of August of 2021.

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Dental News and Technology

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Oral Sci. 2021 Aug 17. doi: 10.2334/josnusd.21-0087. Online ahead of print. Abstract The recent literature on maxillary implant overdenture (IOD) was reviewed in order to clarify its predictability and establish treatment guidelines. Electronic searches were performed using PubMed, and articles about maxillary IOD written after 1990 were reviewed, focusing on the following items: I. implant survival rate, II. maxillary IOD survival rate, III. number of implants, IV. attachment type, V. follow-up

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Research presented during the 99th General Session and Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) highlights the therapeutic role cannabidiol (CBD) may eventually play in treating oral ulcers. . According to the IADR , researchers first investigated oral ulcer models in the tongues of mice by inducing trauma, followed by local administration of CBD.

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Investigators at the Danish National Research Foundation’s Copenhagen Center for Glycomics have developed a method to artificially produce the sugars found in mucus, known as mucins, which may lead to novel approaches to medical and dental therapies. The study, “ Display of the Human Mucinome With Defined O-glycans by Gene Engineered Cells,” appears in Nature Communications. .

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

With the Delta variant continuing its swift spread and reports of declining immunity months after COVID-19 vaccination, United States public health officials are suggesting that vaccinated Americans—who comprise just over half of the nation’s population—receive a booster shot 8 months after receiving their first dose. This is in stark contrast to the World Health Organization (WHO), which has pushed for increasing vaccination rates in other countries before the world’s richest nations begin givi

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

A principal pathogen that drives periodontitis may be the root cause of other systemic diseases. In this new paper, researchers provide a comprehensive update of Porphyromonas gingivalis -related systemic diseases, including atherosclerosis, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease. Findings from the research article, “ Porphyromonas gingivalis and Its Systemic Impact: Current Status ,” appear in Pathogens.

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