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October 17-20, 2019 | Nashville, TN
Make Prevention Profitable
Getting Your Patients To Say YES To Treatment A patient’s resistance to accepting dental treatment can prevent them from getting the care they need. These...
Mouth Bacteria May Predict Child’s Obesity Risk
The kind of oral bacteria—even the good kind—in a two-year-old’s mouth may predict their weight gain, a new study reports. The findings suggest this understudied...
The Oral Microbiome: Mucosal Integrity and the Systemic Consequences of Oral Dysbiosis
“The healthy human mouth is one of the most heavily colonized parts of the body containing hundreds of different bacterial, viral, and fungal species.”[1] Under...
Treating Inflammation with Natural Compounds Instead of NSAIDs
Inflammation is rampant today in our society, due largely to our standard American diet, stressful lifestyle, poor sleep habits, and lack of exercise. Inflammation results...
New Classification of Periodontitis
Dental professionals now have access to a new classification system for periodontal disease and peri-implant diseases and conditions. This classification is the outcome of the...
The Clinician’s Responsibility in Internet Research
Editor's Note When it comes to scientific research these days, it can be difficult to discern the truth. Between media reports taking one finding out...
Dentistry in Flux
My office is located in a medical building as part of a large local hospital system occupied by many medical physician offices. As I was...
The US Healthcare Crisis: An Important Opportunity for the Dental Office
A Unique Opportunity The epidemic of heart disease and diabetes in the United States has us all concerned for the future of our society. The...
