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  • Allison Walker
  • 01/16/2018

  Implementing a Preventive Care Regimen for Orthodontic Patients

  Many dentists and orthodontists find it hard to impress upon young patients how important it is to brush their teeth regularly, especially if they are wearing bracket systems. Teenagers and adolescents often don’t get that they could end up with white spot lesions (WSLs) and cavities unless they take extra care with their oral hygiene while...

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  • gail weisman
  • 09/20/2016

  Sealants. Are. Good. News at 11…..

  The coverage of dentistry in consumer media typically skews to the negative. Fake dentists. Too many x-rays. Overtreatment. Flossing debunked. Well, the New York Times finally latched onto something positive with an article in yesterday’s edition. While the news that sealants do in fact prevent caries might elicit a communal DUH! from the dental...

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  • Julie Schmitt
  • 01/26/2016

  Handheld Microscope Identifies Cancer Cells with New Technology Developed by UW Researchers

  A new handheld, pen-sized microscope could identify cancer cells in doctor’s offices and operating rooms, reports the University of Washington. UW mechanical engineers are developing a handheld microscope to help doctors and dentists distinguish between healthy and cancerous cells in an office setting or operating room. The pen-sized...

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  • Julie Schmitt
  • 11/05/2015

  Warn Your Patients that Xylitol is Deadly to Dogs

  Xylitol, a sugar substitute often recommended by dentists to their patients, is safe for humans, but extremely toxic to dogs. In fact, xylitol, which is found in chewing gum and many other food products, is 100 times as harmful to dogs as milk chocolate, reports The Wall Street Journal in a recent article. “We’ve seen a dramatic increase” in...

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  • Julie Schmitt
  • 10/23/2015

  Did You Know That Secondhand Smoke Can Cause Cavities in Children?

  We’ve all heard of the countless dangers of secondhand smoke. It can cause cancer, asthma attacks, respiratory infections, heart disease, and many other health complications, according to the CDC. Now we can add increased risk of caries to that list of smoking hazards. If you smoke around your kids, you’re putting them at a higher risk for...

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  • gail weisman
  • 10/15/2015

  Extra! Extra! Flossing is Bad? No, But Flossing the Wrong Way Might Be.....

  When you come across an article with this title—“Flossing your teeth can be a waste of time - and do more HARM than good, leading dental expert claims”—you just have to read it. So I did, in the UK’s Daily Mail, the conservative tabloid daily with questionable editorial integrity. But considering the source, the actual point of the article...

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