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Oral Cancer Awareness Month is in April

Dentistry Today

Every hour, 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year, someone dies of oral or oropharyngeal cancer (cancer of the back of the oral cavity and upper throat). Yet if oral cancer is detected and treated early, treatment-related health problems are reduced, and survival rates may increase. The Oral Cancer Foundation.

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An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Treatment of Amelogenesis Imperfecta

Dentistry Today

Oral hygiene has been continually reinforced, and the patient has been placed on PreviDent 5000 (Colgate) and Booster Toothpaste (Colgate). 14,15 Orthodontic intervention is common due to malocclusion, open bites, delayed tooth eruption, missing teeth, and pathological crown and root formation. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol.

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Using Dentin Grafting in Early Implant Placement With Vertical Sinus Elevation

Dentistry Today

Dr. Eskendri is an oral and maxillofacial pathologist and is currently an assistant professor in the department of pathology at the Yale School of Medicine. J Oral Implantol. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. J Oral Maxillofac Surg Med Pathol. J Oral Maxillofac Surg Med Pathol. Clin Oral Implants Res.