Forty-five per cent of Ontarians 65 years and older did not see a dentist in the last year, increasing their risk of chronic diseases and a reduced quality of life , a new study by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital, Women’s College Hospital and the… [...]
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Normal bacteria which live in our mouths provide the catalyst for the development of gum disease, a debilitating condition which leads to painful gums and the loosening of teeth, new research from Queen Mary, University of London has found… [...] If you want to let your kids enjoy Halloween with the minimum of harm to their teeth, let them gorge on their candy in one sitting, rather than rationing it out, say dentists in the USA.. Remember, one giant sitting does less damage to teeth and leads … [...] The size of teeth in premature children is smaller. This has been established in a study from the Faculty of Odontology at Malmö University in Sweden. Our knowledge about premature children, and their physical and mental development as they grow up,… [...] Society could save millions of crowns each year if more children were fitted with fixed appliances. This is shown in unique studies performed by Sofia Petrén, a dentist and orthodontic specialist at the Department of Orthodontics at Malmo Universit… [...] In a report on a preclinical investigation titled “Flagellin Enhances Saliva IgA Response and Protection of Anti-caries DNA Vaccine,” lead author Wei Shi, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his team of researchers demonstrat… [...] Although child health experts recommend that children begin oral health care by age 1 or when their first teeth emerge, a new report from the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health shows that most children ages 1-2 have not ye… [...] A letter has been written by The British Dental Association (BDA) requesting that the Department of Health announce a timetable for the review of HTM 01-05, as promised by the Department in the Chief Dental Officer’s Dear Colleague letters in 2009. Th… [...] Dr. Craig Callen, a dentist from Mansfied, Ohio, says he will offer $1 for every pound of Halloween sweets to trick-or-treaters. He has placed a limit of 5 pounds per child. Callen says that those who do so also enter a raffle for children’s bicycles. … [...] A BDA website blog written by Dr Susie Sanderson, Chair of the British Dental Association’s Executive (BDA’s) Board, states that ‘this could be the worst time in living memory to be a general dental practitioner in England’… [...] |
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