Straumann announced today that Mr Martin Dymek has joined the company as Regional Head North America, based in Andover, Massachusetts.
Martin Dymek’s career in the dental industry spans almost thirty years and includes multiple senior managerial positions. He has a proven track record in business development and growth, mergers and acquisitions, and operational management. (more…)
Six Education in the Round presentations available through live Webcasts from Honolulu HONOLULU, Oct. 1, 2009 –The American Dental Association’s (ADA) interactive Education in the Round (EIR) live-patient courses at this year’s Annual Session will reach beyond the convention center to thousands of North American dental students via live webcast. The ADA and the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) recently announced the launch of the groundbreaking educational opportunity in which dental students and faculty can gain remote access to select live-patient continuing education courses held at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 ADA Annual Sessions. (more…)
The Remote Area Medical Expedition (RAM) made its annual visit to Wise, Virginia over three days last weekend. Thousands of people from throughout the region lined up early, some camping out overnight to get in line for a range of free health services offered by RAM volunteers. The Remote Area Medical Relief Corps is a not for profit group dedicated to providing free medical, dental, and vision care to people in remote areas of the world, since 1999 their service area has included south west Virginia. At this years RAM health fair at the Wise County Fairgrounds, close to 10,000 people turned out to receive services. (more…)
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“Exclusive focus on Oral Implantology”
DIIS 2009 brings updates on the Specialty, its techniques and its (far fetched) solutions. 10-12 November 2009 at Crowne Plaza Dubai |
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| The Dubai International Implant Summit is to be held for the first time in Dubai from the 10th – 12th of November 2009 at the Crown Plaza Hotel. The DIIS is a great opportunity for practitioners, specialists, graduates as well as faculty members to converse on the latest surgical and restorative researches in terms o f education, therapy, research and communication. DIIS will also gather world’s key specialists under one roof, where they can exchange expertise and provide fresh opportunities in this field In addition to utilizing the latest materials and devices.
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More than 24,000 attendees expected, including visitors from some 70 countries HONOLULU, Sept. 30, 2009 –The American Dental Association’s (ADA) expects some 7,500 dentists to be among over 24,000 attendees celebrating its 150th birthday during the Association’s 150th Annual Session and World Marketplace Exhibition at the Hawaii Convention Center from Sept. 30 through Oct. 4. ADA’s Annual Session, which attracts visitors from around the globe, will bring dental professionals from nearly 70 countries to Hawaii this year. Sesquicentennial celebration, unique educational offerings The ADA’s sesquicentennial celebration will feature special events such as the Opening General Session and Distinguished Speaker Series on Wednesday evening Sept. 30; ― (more…)
The American Dental Association will hold its Annual Session and World Marketplace Exhibition at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu from 30 September through 4 October. The meeting, which is the ADA’s 150th anniversary celebration, will feature the latest technology and educational offerings amid the tropical paradise of the Aloha State. (more…)
Prevention and therapy of erosion – new strategies
C. GANSS, Justus-Liebig-University, Dental Clinic, Giessen, Germany
Dental erosion is subject of increasing scientific efforts and – because it is an acid induced disease- mostly is addressed in the frame of our knowledge from cariology. However, dental erosion has to be considered as an entity. Preventive and therapeutic strategies, in particular the role of fluorides, will be presented with special emphasis on the histology and pathomechanism of erosive tissue loss. (more…)
Translation of Oral-Systemic Inflammation. Key Signaling Mechanisms
L. SHAPIRA, Hadassah and the Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
The effect of organ-specific inflammation resulted from infection on remote organs was documented in animals and humans, but the mechanism involved is still not clear. Using a mice model we had found that P. gingivalis infection in subcutaneous chambers can aggravate the course of viral infections. We hypothesize that the mechanism involved is related to the effect of the remote infection on T-cell functions. T-cells harvested from mice after sustained exposure to P. gingivalis were unable to mount a normal cytotoxic reaction. Furthermore, the immediate T-cell receptor (TCR) mediated signaling events were impaired, but the downstream machinery worked properly. Immunoblots and confocal microscopy revealed that the ζ-chain of the TCR in down-regulated by chronic exposure to P. gingivalis. This down regulation was only observed after long-term exposure to the bacteria, and was depended on the development of Th1-response, particularly the presence of IFNγ. IFNγ indirectly affects the T cells through a non-T cell population that were recruited to the spleen during chronic inflammation. The inflammation-induced immunosuppressive environment was found to be present in the spleen, but not in the lymph nodes. ζ-chain down regulation could be a physiological response in chronic inflammation that attenuates an exacerbated immune response, but this can acts as a “double-edged sword”, impairing immune responses to systemic diseases.
Bacterial Biofilms: A Role in Systemic Inflammation
M. SANZ, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
It has been calculated that among individuals with chronic periodontitis, the surface area of the dento-gingival epithelium exposed to potential bacterial invasion and/or infiltration of antigenic microbial components is approximately 8 cm². Thus, it is not surprising that a breach of this epithelial barrier is a common occurrence in chronic periodontitis, and it is likely to result in systemic dissemination of microbes, antigens, and mediators of inflammation, which may constitute an independent risk factor for systemic inflammation and thus, to many systemic conditions, whose pathogenesis is based on chronic inflammation. In spite of the scientific evidence derived from many cross-sectional and cohort studies where these associations have been demonstrated, mostly between periodontitis and cardiovascular diseases, with pregnancy complications, with diabetes and with obesity, the role of bacterial serum dissemination and colonization at distant sites has not been fully proven. In this presentation we shall present available scientific evidence on the influence of periodontal treatment in the passage of periodontal pathogens derived from the subgingival biofilm into serum (bacteremia). We shall also present evidence on the colonization of these bacteria on atheroma plaques, derived from specimens collected from aortic arteries by endarterectomy and analysed by specific nested PCR against putative periodontal bacteria. With this available information, we shall try to develop possible clinical implications and directions for future research.
Translation of Oral-Systemic Inflammation to Preventive Outcomes
B. KLINGE, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
In recent years the oral-systemic infection/inflammation link has gained renewed and increased interest. Several reports show an association between oral infection/inflammation and systemic disorders including cardiovascular diseases. Pneumonia mortality in the elderly seems to be related to poor oral health, with a prevalence of periodontal diseases.
Levels of some inflammatory markers has been found to be higher in individuals with periodontitis as compared to periodontally healthy controls, whereas levels of anti-inflammatory markers were lower. Following periodontal treatment, including preventive measures, it was shown that the local clinical signs of periodontal inflammatory burden were significantly reduced and the total body load of inflammation thus considerably decreased.
Provided a cause-relation effect of oral infection/inflammation to systemic diseases can be unquestionable established, preventive approaches to oral infection/inflammation also needs increased professional attention.
The troubled singer had to make an emergency appointment after suffering terrible toothache on Wednesday. (more…)
Poor prospects in Germany and an EU labor market that makes mobility
easy has increased the incidence of “brain drain,” where specialists
leave home to work abroad. The latest German export: dentists.
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