Dentistry

Share ideas and insights with dental practitioners, clinicians and technicians at the 2010 ATPA Symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

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The American Dental Association has launched a program with Temple University to train new dental team members as part of a pilot program that works in communities where residents “…have limited access to dental care.”

Temple University will recruit and train Community Dental Health Coordinators from urban locations in Philadelphia over the next two years.

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A new study suggests that oral health providers can play a roll in the overall health and well-being of their patients. The study is published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association. Two hundred patients in at private dental practices in Sweden were tested using a computerized system designed by the European Society of Cardiology called “HeartScore.” Dentists could then measure patients’ risk for a fatal heart attack or stroke within a ten year period. They referred patients to seek medical advice when their scores were ten percent or higher.

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The ACE 2009 Symposium on Periodontics & Systemic Health takes place at the Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona this November 12th through the 14th, 2009. 

Speakers this year include Dr. Tom Nabors speaking on ”The Art and Science of Periodontal Medicine: Bridging the Chasm,” Dr. Bill Nordquist on “The Relationship between Dental and Systemic Disease,” and  Dr. Nate Booth on “How to Make It Easy for Patients to Accept Comprehensive Dentistry.” 

From the website FAQs:

What will I learn?

1. This program has been specifically designed to incorporate both scientific data & practical information to allow you to understand the most current concepts in Periodontics & Systemic Health and be able to introduce them into your practice seamlessly and profitably.
2. You will learn the latest in why, where and how to treat periodontal disease and its overall effect on the human body. This is powerful information that both you & your dental hygiene team will be able to use in helping your patients live longer, healthier, happier lives.

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The New York Times published the article “The Pain of Being a Redhead” by Tara Parker-Pope in August 2009.  The article states that redheads feel more pain than their blond and brunette counterparts.  Read the excerpt below or click here for the entire article.

From the NYT article:

“Researchers believe redheads are more sensitive to pain because of a mutation in a gene that affects hair color. In people with brown, black and blond hair, the gene, for the melanocortin-1 receptor, produces melanin. But a mutation in the MC1R gene results in the production of a substance called pheomelanin that results in red hair and fair skin.”