A scientific team from The Forsyth Institute has discovered new links between certain oral bacteria and obesity. In a recent study, the researchers demonstrated that the salivary bacterial composition of overweight women differs from non-overweight women. This preliminary work may provide clues to interactions between oral bacteria and the pathology of obesity. This research may help investigators learn new avenues for fighting the obesity epidemic. (more…)
Fracture resistance of dental crowns
Vita Mark II (Vident, USA) performed better than In-Ceram YZ (Vita Zahnfabrik, Germany) in a study looking at the fracture strength and fatigue resistance of all-ceramic molar crowns manufactured with CAD/CAM technology. (more…)
Gene therapy in periodontology
Scientists at the University of Michigan have shown that gene therapy can be used to successfully stop the development of periodontal disease, the leading cause of tooth loss in adults.
The findings will be published online Dec 11 in advance of print publication in Gene Therapy . (more…)
The findings will be published online Dec 11 in advance of print publication in Gene Therapy . (more…)
Dentist shortage ‘kick in the teeth’ for patients
he nationwide shortage of NHS dentists has been graphically illustrated, with the UK shown to be lagging well behind Europe and the US. Queues of hundreds of would-be patients outside new NHS surgeries and stories of people travelling abroad to see a dentist have all added to pressure on the Government to tackle the issue. The latest study, published in the International Journal of Health Geographics, uses a “traffic light” system to show those areas with the fewest dentists to serve their local population. (more…)
