Tue.Jan 18, 2022

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A pilot study of a deep learning approach to detect marginal bone loss around implants

Dental News and Technology

Published: 16 January BMC Oral Health volume 22 , Article number: 11 ( 2022) details Abstract Background Recently, there has been considerable innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) show excellent object detection and classification performance. This study assessed the accuracy of an artificial intelligence (AI) application for the detection of marginal bone loss on periapical radiographs.

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A child’s first dental visit: How to create a positive experience for a lifetime of good oral health

Off the Cusp

Off the Cusp - Patterson Dental blog. Read Time: 7 Minute, 52 Second. February is National Children’s Dental Health Month , which aims to encourage healthcare providers and educators to promote the benefits of good oral health to children and their families. A child’s first dental visit can have a profound impact on their perception of oral health professionals and their personal oral hygiene efforts for years to come.

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8 Essential Factors to Consider Before Joining a DSO

Planet DDS

No doubt, DSOs are shifting the dental industry landscape. There’s a couple of different reasons you might be considering joining or selling to a DSO: 1) you may be nearing retirement, 2) you are looking to get support from a DSO to handle administrative tasks and manage the business side of your practice, or 3) you may have some other financial or strategic reason.

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Exposure to air pollution increases mental health service use, according to new UK study

The Social Care Elf

Wajeeha Raza and Peter Coventry review a retrospective cohort study exploring the association between air pollution exposure and mental health service use among individuals with first presentations of psychotic and mood disorders. The post Exposure to air pollution increases mental health service use, according to new UK study appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Another Reason to Quit Vaping: More Severe COVID-19 Effects

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

Oral health professionals are well versed in tobacco cessation and play a key role in helping their patients quit all forms of nicotine. Well, here is another reason to advise patients against vaping: they experience more serious health effects from SARS-CoV-2 infection. In a study of COVID-19 positive subjects that compared individuals who vape to non-vapers/non-smokers, the e-cigarette users experienced higher incidence of chest pain, chills, body aches, headaches, smell and taste alterations,

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Hidden from the world: Out of area hospital placements for people diagnosed with personality disorder #NoOOA

The Social Care Elf

Andy Bell summarises a new BIGSPD report on out-of-area placements for people with a personality disorder published today, which confirms that discriminatory treatment of people diagnosed with personality disorders is costly both to the people concerned and their families and to the health and care system. The post Hidden from the world: Out of area hospital placements for people diagnosed with personality disorder #NoOOA appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Dental Social Media: How-Tos for 2022 

YapiApp

Here’s Advice That You Should Listen to Before Posting Your Dental Social Media … Whether you are looking to grow your practice or grow stronger patient relationships, dental social media is where it’s at. ??You may already know how valuable patient relationships are. If not, here’s a reminder. Good communication is the key to: Reduce patient anxiety.

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Mouthwatch Announces Special One Time Pricing until Thursday January 20th

Denticle

I've been a fan of Mouthwatch intraoral cameras ever since they came on the market a few years ago. The company have even managed to make my annual Top 5 Test Drive article twice. They sell an amazingly good intraoral camera for an incredibly reasonable price. Before Mouthwatch, I was paying around $3500 for intraoral cameras. That's not a small amount when you factor in that my office has 7 operatories.