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The effect of the national scaling program on tooth loss: a claim-based matched large cohort study in Korea

Dental News and Technology

Community Dent Health. 2022 Sep 23. doi: 10.1922/CDH_00221Choi06. Online ahead of print. Abstract Objective: Tooth loss affects quality of life. Scaling is a measure to prevent periodontal disease and tooth loss. This study aimed to determine the effect of scaling on tooth loss. Basic research design: Secondary analysis of the Korean National Health Insurance Services database, comprising 514,866 Koreans as an initial cohort, followed for 14 years up to 2015.

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Vermont Town Is Shocked to Learn Its Community Water Fluoridation Program Has Been Tampered With, Drastically Reducing Efficacy

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

The scenic town of Richmond, Vermont—nestled in the western foothills of the Green Mountains—is home to approximately 4,000 residents, most of whom believed their community water was fluoridated. Unbeknownst to residents or city leadership, 4 years ago, Richmond’s water and wastewater superintendent lowered the city’s fluoride level to an amount below what the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends to effectively prevent dental caries.

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5 SEO Mistakes That Are Easy to Make

Rosemont Review

Let’s face it—SEO can be confusing, and sometimes it might not be clear when you’re doing something wrong. This is especially true when certain tactics that were formerly considered useful become black hat SEO strategies. Staying on top of best practices to avoid these errors can be difficult when you are busy trying to run a dental or medical practice, so it’s not uncommon to make the following simple mistakes: Not paying attention to popular searches.

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Metronidazole for treatment of non-periodontal dental infections

The Dental Elf

This review of whether metronidazole used as monotherapy or in addition to a ?-lactam antibiotic offers any additional benefit over ?-lactam monotherapy in non- periodontal dental infections includes 3 RCTs. The findings suggest that metronidazole does not provide superior clinical results compared to ?-lactam antibiotics for the treatment of non-periodontal dental infections.

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5 SEO Mistakes That Are Easy to Make

Rosemont Review

Let’s face it—SEO can be confusing, and sometimes it might not be clear when you’re doing something wrong. This is especially true when certain tactics that were formerly considered useful become black hat SEO strategies. Staying on top of best practices to avoid these errors can be difficult when you are busy trying to run a dental or medical practice, so it’s not uncommon to make the following simple mistakes: Not paying attention to popular searches.

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HHS Authorizes Dentists, Dental Students to Administer Vaccines Against Monkeypox

Denticle

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is amending a Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act declaration to authorize additional providers, including dentists and dental students, to vaccinate patients against monkeypox virus, smallpox and other orthopoxviruses in a declared emergency, according to an Oct. 3 news release. The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, or PREP Act, allows the Health and Human Services Secretary to issue a medical countermeasures declaratio

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Hands-on virtual training with StyleItaliano

3M

The post Hands-on virtual training with StyleItaliano appeared first on 3M Dental Blog.

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