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Bacteria: Friend or Foe?
Bacteria is everywhere. On me. On you. On your car steering wheel. In hospitals. In fact, as Dr. Tom Nabors reported at the recent AAOSH 2014 Meeting, the human body has more than 1,000,000,000...
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DDS Meets MD: A Love Story
Would you like to generate more referrals from the medical professionals in your community? Building this network can take time, but there are a few relatively simple things you can do to start...
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Fluoride is Not Just for Kids Any More
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named community water fluoridation one of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. According to the American Dental Association,...
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Secrets to a Lifetime of Healthy Teeth
Healthy teeth start before we’re even born. Babies are not born with the particular strains of bacteria that cause tooth decay. However, these bacteria are quickly transmitted to the baby thru the...
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News from the 2015 AAOSH Meeting: Part 1 – Exercise
The American Academy for Oral Systemic Health once again gathered together top speakers for their largest conference to date, held in Dallas September 17 – 19. The meeting, which included a tour of the...
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News from the 2015 AAOSH Meeting: Part 2 – Nutrition
The American Academy for Oral Systemic Health (AAOSH) recently gathered dental and medical professionals for their 2015 meeting which focused considerable attention on the power of diet and nutrition...
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News from the 2015 American Academy for Oral Systemic Health Meeting: Part 3...
Controlling the Inflammatory Burden thru Oral Health Dr. Doug Thompson spoke about the how skeptical patients can be about the need for oral care, especially related to periodontal disease, despite the...
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Shake off the Sugar Coma and Celebrate National Brush Day
National Brush Day is celebrated November 1st, the day after Halloween, to reinforce the importance of oral health and promote brushing habits. While kids may still be plowing through their bag of...
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8 Questions Every Patient Should Answer Correctly
In a recent report from the ADA Health Policy Institute, half of surveyed adults could not answer eight basic oral health questions. Would your patients be able to answer these correctly? Although...
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Are you missing sealant opportunities in your practice?
How many of your patients under age 18 would benefit from caries-prevention treatment? According to a recent Delta Dental review of 97 million dental claims, two-thirds of children at elevated risk...
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Cavity fact or myth: do your patients know the difference?
The Children’s Dental Health Project (CDHP) released the results of their survey of over 1,000 US adults and found most were misinformed and confused about the prevention and transmission of caries....
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The Most Important 5 Minutes of a Dentist’s Day
By Dr. Ross Kerr, chair of the organizing committee for the Global Oral Cancer Forum Cancer is possibly the world’s least favorite word. No doctor wants to have to say it. No patient is ready to hear...
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Need for Gingivitis Treatment Recognized with New CDT Code
Over the last few years, new research has broadened our understanding of the implications of gum disease. As the connection between oral bacteria and inflammation, and overall health has become clear,...
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