HPV Vaccination Change Is A Good Thing, Says British Dental Health Foundation

The Government’s plan to switch its Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination from “Cervarix” to Gardasil” from Sep. 2012, has been welcomed by the British Dental Health Foundation. The leading oral health charity believes that the novel vaccine will de… [...]

News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology

Annual Childhood Flu Vaccines May Interfere With Development of Crossresistance Vaccinating children annually against influenza virus interferes with their development of cross-reactive killer T cells to flu viruses generally, according to a paper i… [...]

New Cancer-Causing Virus Confirmed By Researchers

An important new study from the Laboratory for Developmental Genetics at USC has confirmed cytomegalovirus (CMV) as a cause of the most common salivary gland cancers. CMV joins a group of fewer than 10 identified oncoviruses – cancer-causing viruses – … [...]

Tooth Scaling May Lower Heart Risk While Gum Disease Predicts Type Of Risk

Two new studies give further insights into the links between mouth hygiene, gum disease and cardiovascular events… [...]

Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke May Be Decreased By Professional Dental Cleanings

Professional tooth scaling was associated with fewer heart attacks and strokes in a study (Abstract 17704) from Taiwan presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2011… [...]

Health Of Gums Improves With Weight Loss

Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine researchers found the human body is better at fighting gum disease when fat cells, which trigger inflammation, disappear. Findings come from a pilot study of 31 obese people with gum disease. Ha… [...]

Mathematics Provides Better Attachment For Dental Crowns

Dental treatment involving crown replacements costs the Swedish tax payers hundreds of millions SEK each year. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology are developing a new method for determining exactly how to optimally prepare a tooth to plac… [...]

Obesity Link To Periodontitis

In a study titled “MicroRNA Modulation in Obesity and Periodontitis,” lead author Romina Perri, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Oral Health Institute, conducted a pilot investigation to determine whether obesity or periodontal disease… [...]

Teeth Crowded In Seniors

The size of our jaws decreases with age. This is shown in a unique study from the Faculty of Dentistry at Malmö University that followed a cohort of dentists throughout their adult lives. The unique study started in 1949. Plaster molds were made of… [...]