More Parents Report Healthy Tooth Brushing Habits After First Year of Ad Council Children’s Oral Health Campaign
New Survey Reveals that More Parents Report Their Children Brushing Their Teeth for Two Minutes, Twice a DayNew York, NY, August 29, 2013— On the one-year anniversary of their Kids’ Healthy Mouths campaign, the Ad Council and the Partnership for Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives are pleased to announce results from a new study* that demonstrate substantial progress in the effort to improve children’s oral health habits. The survey, administered to English and Spanish-speaking parents, indicates that more parents report regularly monitoring and maintaining their child’s oral health; subsequently, more children are ...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - August 29, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
Misleading microbial headline of the month: Bacteria in Brains Suggest Alzheimer’s-Gum Disease Link
This study confirms that LPS from periodontal bacteria can access the AD brain during life as labeling in the corresponding controls, with equivalent/longer postmortem interval, was absent. Demonstration of a known chronic oral-pathogen-related virulence factor reaching the human brains suggests an inflammatory role in the existing AD pathology.
Alas, even via UC Davis Libraries I do not have access to the full article. So my inferences will have to be based on the abstract (note to authors, if you want people to judge your full papers not just your abstracts, well, it would be good to have your paper be available). ...
Source: The Tree of Life - July 30, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
Scientists present key findings on new applications for the canary system
This study showed that The Canary System may be a valuable addition to conventional methods for detecting tooth decay that develops around ceramic crowns. “The Canary System now provides dentists with the ability to detect tooth decay beneath the edges of fillings, crowns and bridges; one of the most common conditions that lead to the clinical failure of these restorations”, said Dr. Stephen Abrams, co-founder of Quantum Dental Technologies. “Early detection of tooth decay, before it is seen on an x-ray or detected with visual inspection, means that dentists can treat problems before the decay has dest...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - July 16, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
A Tale of Two Sweeteners: Part 1 — Splenda
By Amy Campbell
Recently, I've received some questions and comments about artificial sweeteners, especially Splenda. So I thought I'd take this opportunity to write about Splenda and also to highlight a fairly new sweetener to the market called Nectresse (I'll do that next week).
Before I get started, I should mention that Splenda and Nectresse are two nonnutritive sweeteners manufactured by the company McNeil Nutritionals. McNeil Nutritionals is a Johnson & Johnson company and its mission is "to give people the ability to actively manage their own health." They also sell Lactaid (a line of lactose-free dairy products) and...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 8, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
That’s a mouthful!
This is the skull of a specimen of Homo sapiens recovered from the Fertile Crescent, specifically Qafzeh, Israel, and dated to around 100,000 years ago (photographed through glass, on display at London’s Natural History Museum). We don’t know the age of the specimen at time of death, but it is clearly adult.
Note the full mouth of teeth, intact and apparently without decay. This is typical of the specimens recovered prior to the incorporation of grains into the human diet: perfect teeth without decay, without abscess, without tooth loss, and without tooth crowding that we see so often today. Substantial tooth l...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 5, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Anthropology and wheat consumption Dental health Source Type: blogs
Ways to Improve Your Appearance on a Budget
“Beauty awakens the soul to act”- well said by Dante Alighieri .
Not every person is gifted with the looks of Marilyn Monroe or Madonna! But, everyone desires to look and feel attractive. While some people spend thousands of dollars to enhance their beauty, there are others who opt to go under the knife to improve their appearance. Yet, you don’t always need to burn a hole in your pocket to augment your looks; with the investment of little time and effort, you can achieve that perfect look you’ve always desired.
However, certain skin conditions like heavy wrinkles due to gradual sun damage and aging require more s...
Source: Mental Nurse - June 21, 2013 Category: Nurses Authors: Iqcguest Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
Other Sweeteners to Consider: Fructose, Xylitol, and Sucanat
By Amy Campbell
Last week we looked at two sweeteners that you may not be using but that are growing in popularity. This week, let's look at a couple more.
Crystalline fructose
Fructose has been in the news a lot, thanks to the controversy about high-fructose corn syrup and possible (but as yet unproven) harmful side effects. Fructose is a natural sugar found in fruits, vegetables, and honey. It's about twice as sweet as table sugar. It's not the same thing as high-fructose corn syrup, however. While both of these sweeteners are usually made from corn, crystalline fructose, which is in the form of a fine, white powder, is...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - May 28, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
THE CANARY SYSTEM INVENTORS RECEIVE THE “INVENTORS OF THE YEAR” AWARD FROM the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
The Canary System is the most accurate caries detection I have ever used. MJQuantum Dental Technologies is pleased to announce that the inventors behind the energy conversation technology powering The Canary System™ were recognized by the University of Toronto as “Inventors of the Year”. On May 15, 2013, Drs. Stephen Abrams and Andreas Mandelis (Professor in the Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; and the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering) were recognized for their invention, The Canary System, which is changing the way dentists detect,...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - May 25, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
Evaluating the efficiency of caries removal using an Er:YAG laser driven by fluorescence feedback control
ConclusionExamination of dental tissues by micro-CT allowed determination of the efficiency of Er:YAG laser-stimulated ablation. Feedback control of the KaVo Key Laser 3™ appeared to operate like a cut-off switch when infected dentine was eliminated, at a threshold of between 6 and 7. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - May 16, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
AGD Committed to Communities Receiving Quality Oral Health Care: Questions incorrectly analyzed data by Pew Children ’s Dental Campaign
CHICAGO (May 7, 2013)—More than 16 million U.S. children suffer from dental decay, and research shows that many parents lack basic information about oral health. The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) calls for dental organizations to work together to create sustainable strategies to improve oral health outcomes for all Americans, especially children.A few states in the U.S. are considering implementing a dental therapist model to improve oral health and they may be utilizing a March 2013 report from the Pew Children’s Dental Campaign (“Dental Therapists in New Zealand: What the Evidence Shows”) to make their decis...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - May 13, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
Fluoride Reduces The Ability Of Decay-Causing Bacteria To Stick
In an advance toward solving a 50-year-old mystery, scientists are reporting new evidence on how the fluoride in drinking water, toothpastes, mouth rinses and other oral-care products prevents tooth decay. Their report appears in the ACS journal Langumir. Karin Jacobs and colleagues explain that despite a half-century of scientific research, controversy still exists over exactly how fluoride compounds reduce the risk of tooth decay. That research established long ago that fluoride helps to harden the enamel coating that protects teeth from the acid produced by decay-causing bacteria. Newer studies already fou...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - May 11, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
Study Finds that Fluoride Reduces Adhesion of Bacteria on Teeth
Despite more than fifty years of scientific research, controversy still exists over exactly how fluoride compounds reduce the risk of tooth decay. New evidence from German researchers suggests that fluoride helps to reduce the adhesion of bacteria to teeth. The study is published in the American Chemical Society (ACS) journal Langumir [1].
The cause of tooth decay and cavities
Research in the late 1940s and early 1950s established that fluoride helps to harden tooth enamel, which protects teeth from the acid produced by decay-causing bacteria [2-4]. Subsequent studies showed that fluoride enhances the tooth remineraliza...
Source: Highlight HEALTH - May 2, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Walter Jessen, Ph.D. Source Type: blogs
Teeth and grains don’t mix
Lessons from examination of the Tyrolean Ice Man, Otzi, continue as his remains are sliced, examined, and scanned. We now learn that he had dental decay.
See this National Geographic report: Leader of the Plaque: Iceman Otzi had Bad Teeth.:
“The 3-D Scans reveal the mess that was Otzi’s mouth, especially around his back teeth. The gum tissue surrounding the rear molars had retreated almost to the tip of the root. The tooth decay is significant because it shows how starchy foods and the agriculture that created them were a part of Otzi’s regular diet. The team attributes his cavities to eating more breads and ce...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 15, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Ancient forms Anthropology and wheat consumption Source Type: blogs
Probiotics
: a Possible Tool in Oral Health Care?from Christof Godts, Gitte Loozen, Marc Quirynen and Wim Teughels writing in Oral Microbial Ecology: Current Research and New Perspectives:The human oral cavity is colonized by a wide variety of bacteria, which form very complex and dynamic biofilms on hard and soft tissues. Certain members of these microbiological communities are associated with oral infections, such as caries and periodontal diseases. New treatment approaches are emerging that do not rely on conventional antibiotic therapies, since complete eradication of pathogenic bacteria from oral biofilms is impossible and antib...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - March 28, 2013 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs
Fluoride in Drinking Water Cuts Tooth Decay in Adults
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Adelaide, Australia, has produced the strongest evidence yet that fluoride in drinking water provides dental health benefits to adults, even those who had not received fluoridated drinking water as children.In the first population-level study of its kind, the study shows that fluoridated drinking water prevents tooth decay for all adults regardless of age, and whether or not they consumed fluoridated water during childhood.Led by UNC School of Dentistry faculty member Gary Slade, the study adds a new dimens...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - March 27, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
