Oral Contraceptive can Kill you, Dental X ray harms patient, Soaring implants

Oral Contraceptive can Kill you
She was only 30 years old, but she was experiencing the classic symptoms of a stroke. Her speech suddenly became slurred, and her left hand became clumsy while eating.

What triggered her stroke, at such a young age, may have been the birth control pills she was taking. Oral contraceptives nearly double the risk of stroke, according to a review article in MedLink Neurology by three Loyola University Health System neurologists.Nearly 100 million women worldwide use birth control pills. Full Report

Dental X rays harm patient's heart

A new study suggests that low doses of radiation from dental X-rays can trigger heart disease and strokes.

A team, led by Dr. Mark Little at Imperial College London, constructed a mathematical model to find the risks associated with low background levels of radiation.

The team discovered that radiation kills monocytes, a type of white blood cell, in the arterial wall, which results in higher levels of monocyte chemo-attractant protein 1 (MCP-1) and leads to cardiovascular disease. More Here


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Cost of bone grafting, dental filling to come down in India
The cost of medical treatment involving bone grafting or dental filling could come down in India with the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI) Sunday signing an agreement for low-cost application of the technology with private player IFGL Refractories Limited.
In the latest instance of institute-industry tie-up, the CGCRI - a constituent laboratory of India’s largest research and development conglomerate Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - signed an agreement with IFGL for the low-cost application.

The product was likely to be ready for commercial production within nine months, said IFGL director and chief executive Pradeep Bajoria, at the signing ceremony which coincided with the 67th CSIR foundation day. Full Report

How to Double the rate of orthodontic tooth movement ?

AJODO Oct 2009
One method used to accelerate orthodontic tooth movement is the corticotomy-facilitated (CF) technique. The purposes of this study were to (1) identify the effect of the CF technique on orthodontic tooth movement compared with the standard technique, and (2) explore the histologic basis of the difference between the 2 techniques.
The first premolar on the CF side moved significantly more rapidly (P <0.05). Histologic findings showed more active and extensive bone remodeling on both the compressive and tension sides in the CF group.
Conclusions The CF technique doubled the rate of orthodontic tooth movement. Histologically, the more active and extensive bone remodeling in the CF group suggested that the acceleration of tooth movement associated with corticotomy is due to increased bone turnover and based on a regional acceleratory phenomenon (RAP).

Gutka Sales increase in UK

A radio documentary tonight will reveal how women in the UK's South-Asian community are at a high risk of developing mouth cancer as a result of using gutka – or chewing tobacco.

Gutka is currently more popular than ever before in the UK.

According to the National Cancer Intelligence Network, which has revealed the first national report into cancer rates within ethnic groups, Asian women are 80% more at risk of developing mouth cancer than white women. More

Dental Implant market to double by 2015

- Market sizing information to 2015 for the global dental implants market
- Information and comparison of key countries such as US, Brazil, Japan, China, UK, Canada, Italy, India, Germany, France, Australia and Spain
- Key drivers and challenges to the growth of the global dental implants market
- Disease incidences and epiemiological data

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Indian Dental Students catch up with the World Technology

With our educational content on iTunes, we can help thousands of students in the 128 odd Indian dental colleges in India and learn about the A toZ of advances in the field," said Sameer Bhat, country head, Nobel Biocare. This includes step by step demonstrations through audio, video and animations on Nobel's science-based treatment expertise, implant restorations and CAD/CAM dentistry concepts.

Anyone who knows the market knows that this focus on implantology can help create a lucrative niche in the coming years. "Today, of the 80000 dentists in India only 1000 are proficient in performing implants," said Bhat. He added, "Indians are increasingly becoming aware of dental hygiene. A staggering 1.5 million dental bridge operations are done every year. They are highly unreliable, and do damage to healthy teeth. On the other hand, an implant has a durability of over 10 years and is completely computerised." Due to this obvious advantage implants are costlier at around 20,000-40,000 per implant but are still gaining popularity in India. Therefore, studying them can make a world of difference for dentistry students. MORE HERE