Dental Nurse Jailed, Anesthetist accused to mollesting dental patients, Prevent H1N1 in your clinic

Georgia anesthetist accused of molesting patients

Atlanta nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and police say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims.

Paul Patrick Serdula, 47, who worked in dental and medical offices across metro Atlanta, was arrested Monday night on child molestation and sodomy charges. The arrest came after authorities found several videos showing him fondling and groping patients who were under anesthesia at various offices, said Cobb County police officer Joe Hernandez. Full REPORT

Beauty Therapist convicted in Australia for doing tooth whitening

THE teeth-bleaching industry is in free-fall with many outlets forced to close after Victoria's dental and pharmacy boards warned that operators without dental training could be prosecuted.

The move comes after a Greensborough beauty therapist, Suong ''Becky'' Van Thi, was last month convicted and fined $2000 for being an unregistered person who performed ''invasive or irreversible'' procedures by whitening teeth in a beauty salon. MORE HERE 

Oral Bacteria May Trigger Multiple Sclerosis
Porphyromas gingivalis, a common oral bacterium in humans, produces a unique type of lipid, phosphorylated dihydroceramides (DHCs), which enhance inflammatory responses. These lipids are also likely produced by bacteria found in other parts of the body including the gastrointestinal tract. To determine if these lipids accentuate immune-mediated damage in autoimmune disease, researchers led by Robert B. Clark and Frank C. Nichols of the University of Connecticut Health Center administered phosphorylated DHCs in a mouse model of MS. The severity of disease was significantly enhanced by the addition of these lipids in a manner that was dependent on activation of the immune system. More HERE

Association of Periodontitis with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Journal of Periodontology,November 11, 2009.
In a cohort of U.S. veterans, periodontitis was more common and more severe in patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared to patients with osteoarthritis. Although unrelated to disease activity, the presence of periodontitis in RA patients was associated with seropositivity for both RF and anti-CCP antibody, highly relevant given the associations of these autoantibodies with poor outcomes and disease pathogenesis in RA. MORE

Preventing H1N1 transmission in dental clinic
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released specific recommendations for dental healthcare professionals to prevent transmission of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza virus.

Viral transmission is thought to occur through droplet exposure of mucosal surfaces; through indirect contact, usually via the hands, with respiratory secretions from an infectious patient or contaminated surface; and through inhalation of small particle aerosols in the vicinity of the infectious individual.

The US authority encourages all dental healthcare personnel to receive seasonal influenza and 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccinations.  They should also continue to self-assess daily for symptoms of febrile respiratory illness (fever plus one or more of the following: nasal congestion/runny nose, sore throat, or cough), and not attend work until at least 24 hours after they are free of fever. Full Article by CDC

Tapered Rotary Systems Do not Clean apical third

Mesiobuccal canals of 60 molar teeth with angles of curvature between 25 and 35 degrees were prepared with a torque controlled low speed engine; 30 canals for each system. Each individual instrument was used to prepare four root canals and the time required for preparation was recorded. Standardized radiographs were taken before and following instrumentation and used to determine changes in canal curvature.

SEM analysis of the root canals showed no differences between groups. Clean dentine surfaces were seen in the coronal and middle thirds, but smear layer and debris remained in the apical third of the root canal with both systems. Only Complete system which cleans all parts of root is Smart Endo.  FULL PAPER
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Do periodontopathogens disappear after full-mouth tooth extraction?
Journal of Clinical Periodontology,Volume 36 Issue 12, Pages 1043 - 1047

The elimination of subgingival niches, by extraction of all natural teeth, resulted in a 3-log reduction of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Tannerella forsythia, and more modest reductions of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Prevotella intermedia. However, the detection frequencies of these periodontopathogens in saliva and on the tongue remained unchanged after full-mouth tooth extraction.

Conclusion: In contrast to what has been believed so far, full-mouth tooth extraction does not result in eradication of all periodontopathogens but only in a significant reduction. The clinical consequences of this observation remain speculative.

Dental Nurse Jailed for two years in United Kingdom
The trainee dental nurse who scarred Charlotte’s face by kicking her in the head has been jailed for two years.

The attacker, 21-year-old Laura Madden, of Grangebank Close, Huddersfield, claimed that she was provoked by previous incidents that night when she alleged that Miss Wilkinson had barged into her and assaulted her outside a nightclub.

In a victim impact statement Miss Wilkinson described how the facial scarring had had a devastating effect on her life and how she had suffered pain and headaches in the wake of the early hours incident. MORE HERE

Periodontal diseases, preterm births and low birth weight: findings from a homogenous cohort of women in Madagascar- Journal of Periodontology-November 11, 2009.
Studies on the possible influence of periodontal disease on preterm birth and/or low birth weight remain inconclusive especially due to the difficulty of assessing the numerous pregnancy risk factors. The aim of this study was to compare periodontal parameters in non-smoking pregnant women in Madagascar.
Conclusions: The strong association between periodontitis, preterm births and low birth weight observed in this study highlight the need to consider the periodontal status of pregnant women in Madagascar.More HERE

Inhaling Bacteria with Cigarette Smoke

The research--which shows that smokers are inhaling live bacteria--is the first time cigarettes have been implicated as a source of potentially pathogenic microbes.

Also Women who smoke are at greater risk of having seizures, SEE HERE 

"We thought it was a crazy idea to look at commercially available cigarettes to understand bacterial diversity," said Amy Sapkota, an epidemiologist at the University of Maryland, who led the research. "We were surprised to find that within a broad array of bacterial species that we found human pathogens were present as well." MORE HERE

Gum disease may reactivate HIV
Japanese study points to good oral health as a means to prevent spread of HIV

Good dental health may help prevent AIDS, say Japanese researchers.
The link, they say, could be periodontal, or gum, disease.

The researchers found that periodontitis-causing P. gingivalis bacteria can trigger a pathway that causes reactivation of latent HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS. P. gingivalis is among the most widely existent bacteria worldwide.

The findings were presented April 3 in Miami at a meeting of the International & American Association for Dental Research. MORE

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