Dental Asst Shot in USA, what is new in Implants and periodontics

Dental Assistant Shot in USA


"He was phenomenal. He could come in and light up a room in a matter of seconds," she explained. "Our patients absolutely loved him.  They trusted him.  He made them feel comfortable."

But that smile is now a memory after Holley was gunned down early Saturday morning. Sarasota police said he was driving on Cocoanut Avenue and 21st Street.

William witnessed someone being mugged by a group of men, and the group quickly turned on William firing several shots into his car, detectives said. He died just few blocks away. FULL Story

Revolutionary Implant technology may achieve Implant Osseointegration in 3 weeks

APLIQUIQ  is the fast and effective chairside conditioning system used to produce the superhydrophilic INICELL surface. The sterile applicator contains one implant and one healing cap in a dry state, and the liquid conditioning agent in a sealed cartridge. The conditioning agent, when released, hydroxylates the sandblasted/thermal acid-etched implant surface, increasing surface energy and creating the superhydrophilic properties that lead to increased blood contact and homogenous protein adsorption.INICELL surface implants may be loaded in 3 weeks in most cases. MORE HERE

DIY Dentistry in Australia

POOR Australians are resorting to do-it-yourself dentistry, including filing their own teeth and attempting their own extractions, because of lengthy queues for public dental services.

Graham Long, pastor and chief executive of the Wayside Chapel in Sydney, says he sees ``black, ulcerated mouths'' every day in his job.

``It's a dentist's nightmare,'' he says. ``I just don't know how they live with it. I've seen people do dentistry on themselves. I've seen people pull out their own teeth. I've seen people file the ends of their teeth because they've got a jagged tooth slicing up the side of the mouth.''

Most dental work in Australia is paid for privately, but public services exist for concession card holders and other groups deemed needy by local health authorities. FULL REPORT

How hard is the skin of your TEETH ?

It's been a mystery: how can our teeth withstand such an enormous amount of pressure, over many years, when tooth enamel is only about as strong as glass? A new study by Prof. Herzl Chai of Tel Aviv University's School of Mechanical Engineering and his colleagues at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and George Washington University gives the answer.
"Teeth are made from an extremely sophisticated composite material which reacts in an extraordinary way under pressure," says Prof. Chai. "Teeth exhibit graded mechanical properties and a cathedral-like geometry, and over time they develop a network of micro-cracks which help diffuse stress. This, and the tooth's built-in ability to heal the micro-cracks over time, prevents it from fracturing into large pieces when we eat hard food, like nuts." MORE HERE

Periodontal Therapy Improves Gastric Helicobacter pylori Eradication

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 88, No. 10, 946-950 (2009)

The oral cavity has been proposed as a reservoir for H. pylori that could be responsible for the refractoriness of gastric infection to triple therapy (antibiotics, antimicrobials, and proton pump inhibitors). The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of combined periodontal and triple therapy vs. triple therapy alone, in gastric H. pylori eradication in persons with H. pylori in the subgingival biofilm. Individuals positive for H. pylori in their gastric and oral samples, as determined by nested PCR, were treated either with periodontal and triple therapy or with triple therapy alone. Our results indicate that 77.3% of those treated with the combined therapy exhibited successful eradication of gastric H. pylori, compared with 47.6% who underwent only triple therapy. Analysis of these data suggests that periodontal treatment in combination with systemic therapy could be a promising approach to increasing the therapy’s efficacy and decreasing the risk of infection recurrence.

Gujarat government to introduce laser education in dentistry
Society For Oral Laser Application (Sola) affiliated to International Society for Oral Laser Applications in Vienna is working on a project on laser education in Government Dental College in state capital, its secretary Mohan Vakade said today.
The move comes after keen interest shown by Gujarat health minister Jjaynarayan Vyas in laser education who emphasised on the need of it after releasing a book on clinical guide for Oral Laser Applications authored by Vakade, Anil Shah and others at the 3rd national conference on oral laser applications held in Ahmedabad earlier this month. MORE HERE

University-Level Dental Sleep Medicine Program Opens at Tufts
Tufts University, Boston, has developed the first university-level Dental Sleep Medicine Program in the United States. Starting in fall 2009, the Craniofacial Pain, Headache and Sleep Center, part of the Department of General Dentistry at Tufts Dental School, will offer the new Dental Sleep Medicine (DSM) course to postgraduate dental students.

The course will provide classroom and clinical instruction to postgraduate students. Postgraduate students and residents can participate in patient assessment, interpretation of polysomnograms (an overnight lab test used in to diagnose sleep disorders), and the use of ambulatory sleep study monitors when titrating oral appliances. The students can also be trained in selecting, fitting, and adjusting the oral appliances used to treat obstructive sleep apnea.
The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM) applauded Tufts University School of Dental Medicine for its development of the flagship Dental Sleep Medicine Program.

Periodontitis as a risk factor for cerebrovascular accident: a case–control study in the Indian population
Journal of Periodontal Research Sept 2009
This case–control study consisted of 200 subjects (100 cases and 100 controls) who were 33–68 years of age. Cases were examined within 5 d after their first acute ischemic attack. Clinical parameters recorded included plaque index, gingival index, probing pocket depth and clinical attachment loss. The medical questionnaire collected information on family history of stroke, dietary history, history of smoking and history of alcohol consumption. Cases were additionally scrutinized for diabetes, hypertension and total serum cholesterol level. The education level of patients was also considered.

Results: The mean plaque index, gingival index, probing pocket depth and clinical attachment loss values of subjects with cerebrovascular accident were significantly higher when compared with those of the control group (p < 0.05). In fully adjusted logistic regression analysis, a probing pocket depth of > 4.5 mm was found to be the most significant factor for stroke (odds ratio = 8.5; confidence interval = 1.1–68.2) followed by hypertension (odds ratio = 7.6; confidence interval = 3.3–17.1) and smoking (odds ratio = 3.1; confidence interval = 1.3–7.4).
Conclusion: The data from this study support the proposed link between periodontitis and cerebrovascular accident in the Indian population. However, further studies are necessary to verify and quantify the role of oral infections and genetic factors in the process of atherosclerosis.

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