The ultimate guide to child dental sedation
Cavities in kids are common, and many children are unable to complete dental work without sedation. Dental anxiety must be balanced with safe and expedient dental treatment. Further information about early childhood caries can be found here. The prevalence of dental decay in children varies in different groups but is as high as 85 percent
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The ultimate guide to child dental sedation originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 25, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Emily Knipper, MD Tags: Conditions Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 8th 2024
This study examined whether the local injection of the supernatant of activated PRP (saPRP) into the salivary gland (SG) could help prevent aging-induced SG dysfunction and explored the mechanisms responsible for the protective effects on the SG hypofunction.
Human salivary gland epithelial cells (hSGEC) were treated with saPRP or PRP after senescence through irradiation. The significant proliferation of hSGEC was observed in saPRP treated group compared to irradiation only group and irradiation + PRP group. Cellular senescence, apoptosis, and inflammation were significantly reduced in the saPRP group.
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Source: Fight Aging! - January 7, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Platelet Rich Plasma Treatment Rescues Damaged Salivary Gland Function in Aged Mice
This study examined whether the local injection of the supernatant of activated PRP (saPRP) into the salivary gland (SG) could help prevent aging-induced SG dysfunction and explored the mechanisms responsible for the protective effects on the SG hypofunction.
Human salivary gland epithelial cells (hSGEC) were treated with saPRP or PRP after senescence through irradiation. The significant proliferation of hSGEC was observed in saPRP treated group compared to irradiation only group and irradiation + PRP group. Cellular senescence, apoptosis, and inflammation were significantly reduced in the saPRP group.
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Source: Fight Aging! - January 5, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Study Uncovers: Brushing Teeth Twice Daily Reduces Heart Disease Risk
Conclusion
The study came full circle, offering an emphatic conclusion.
While a morning brush is a good start, brushing before bedtime takes the crown when it comes to preventing heart diseases.
The act of brushing your teeth, so mundane yet so essential, emerges as a key soldier in the battle against heart disease.
The findings beckon us to look at our toothbrushes differently – as tools of preventative care rather than just instruments of oral hygiene.
The message is clear – taking care of our teeth could mean taking care of our hearts.
After all, our health, as this study suggests, is a...
Source: The EMT Spot - July 4, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Suppress Oral Biofilms
This study involved volunteers who wore a denture-like device that contained real tooth enamel. The volunteers regularly applied sugar solution to the denture, mimicking the sugary snacks many of us like to consume. They didn’t brush the dentures, but applied the nanoparticle/hydrogen peroxide combination twice a day. The treatment reduced the biofilm formation caused by bacteria such as S. mutans, without adversely affecting other microbial populations in the mouth or causing adverse effects.
“We found that this approach is both precise and effective,” said Hyun Koo, a researcher involved in the study, in a UPenn...
Source: Medgadget - October 26, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Dentistry Materials Medicine Nanomedicine indianauniversity upenn Source Type: blogs
Science Snippet: Brush Up on Biofilms
A biofilm is a highly organized community of microorganisms that develops naturally on certain surfaces. Typically, biofilms are made up of microbes and an extracellular matrix that they produce. This matrix can include polysaccharides (chains of sugars), proteins, lipids, DNA, and other molecules. The matrix gives the biofilm structure and helps it stick to a surface.
Formation of a biofilm often involves a process called quorum sensing. In this process, microbes detect when they reach a certain population density and change their behavior in ways that help them function as a community.
Biofilms are common and h...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - September 22, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Cells Injury and Illness Bacteria Biofilms Microbes Source Type: blogs
New dietary guidelines: Any changes for infants, children, and teens?
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published new dietary guidelines to help Americans get and stay healthier across all parts of the lifespan. Babies and toddlers are included for the first time, because the recommendations cover our full lifespan.
The guidelines are called “Make Every Bite Count.” If we want to get and stay healthy, we shouldn’t be eating foods that are basically empty calories — or worse, foods that actually do us harm.
Because foods can do us harm. Eating an unhealthy diet can lead to obesity, with the cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and everything else...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Adolescent health Children's Health Healthy Eating Parenting Source Type: blogs
9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry
One of the most common childhood fears is going to the dentist. Who would not relate? Sitting in a huge chair illuminated by blinding light; enduring lengthy seated sessions with someone looking and poking inside your mouth using edgy and frightening devices. And finally, when the torture is over, that same someone tells you not to eat your favourite sweets and instructs you to brush your teeth regularly.
We’ve all been through this as a kid and childhood memories stick with us; just recalling this might send a shiver down your spine. No one likes to go to the dentist in spite of the fact that everyone knows how crucia...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 3, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: 3D Printing Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Biotechnology E-Patients Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Genomics Health Sensors & Trackers Medical Education Telemedicine & Smartphones Virtual Reality AI augmented reality dig Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 24th 2020
We report that electrical stimulation (ES) stimulation of post-stroke aged rats led to an improved functional recovery of spatial long-term memory (T-maze), but not on the rotating pole or the inclined plane, both tests requiring complex sensorimotor skills. Surprisingly, ES had a detrimental effect on the asymmetric sensorimotor deficit.
Histologically, there was a robust increase in the number of doublecortin-positive cells in the dentate gyrus and SVZ of the infarcted hemisphere and the presence of a considerable number of neurons expressing tubulin beta III in the infarcted area. Among the genes that were unique...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 23, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Aging Research Should be Far More of a Priority than is Presently the Case
For our species, aging is by far the greatest single cause of suffering and death. It is presently inevitable, affects everyone, and produces a drawn out decline of pain and disability, leading to a horrible death through progressive organ failure of one sort or another. The integrity of the mind is consumed along with the vitality of the body. Aging is the cause of death of 90% or more of the people who live in wealthier regions of the world, and the majority of those even in the poorest regions. More than 100,000 lives every day are lost to aging, and hundreds of millions more are suffering on their way to that fate.
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Source: Fight Aging! - August 21, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs
Monk fruit –More than a healthy sweetener?
Because I wanted a benign and healthy way for followers of the Wheat Belly lifestyle to recreate dishes such as chocolate chip cookies, cheesecake, and pies with none of the health problems of grains or sugars, I helped Wheat-Free Market develop its Virtue Sweetener product.
Yes, you could do without such sweeteners. But I learned long ago when I introduced Wheat Belly concepts to patients in my cardiology practice that having options while entertaining friends, during holidays, and pleasing kids was important for staying on course on this lifestyle. Before I understood how to use such natural sweeteners, patients would ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 12, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Open blood sugar diabetes Dr. Davis Inflammation insulin low-carb monk fruit natural sweeteners undoctored virtue sweetener Weight Loss wheat Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
Children's oral health: position statement
Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) - New analysis has found that more than 100,000 hospital admissions for children under the age of ten in England due to tooth decay over a three year period. This statement calls on the new government to stand by previous commitments in the Childhood Obesity Plan and Prevention Green Paper to improve children's oral health in England.StatementPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - August 14, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
Is it SAFE to be grain-free?
Listen to critics of the Wheat Belly lifestyle and you’d think that, by banishing all things wheat and grains from your life, you will be excommunicated from your church, tossed out of your club, ostracized by friends and family, and suffer dire health consequences like heart disease and colon cancer. After all, they say that you are eliminating an entire food group and will be crippled by lack of fiber and nutrients. Worse, our focus on increasing our intake of fats and oils will get you a heart attack, three stents, or bypass surgery and you’ll be obliged to take Lipitor and Repatha for a lifetime.
First of a...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 25, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle grain-free Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
The 6 don ’ts of caring for your child’s teeth
Did you know that tooth decay is the most common chronic disease of childhood? And that 40% of children have tooth decay by kindergarten? This is a big deal, not only because of the pain and infection it can cause, but also because children with tooth decay are more likely to miss school and have poorer grades — and because tooth decay is linked to a higher risk of many health problems later in life, including heart disease and premature birth.
Tooth decay is simple to prevent, yet sadly, many families don’t take the steps that are needed.
1. Don’t skip the fluoride. Fluoride is very helpful when it comes to prev...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Dental Health Parenting Source Type: blogs
