A new dental imaging method to examine the health of patients’ gums. A mixture of squid ink, water and cornflour is applied to the gums and examined using light and ultrasound.
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01 SEP 17
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Patients with dementia tend to abandon regular dental check-ups, the results of a large-scale longitudinal study have revealed. The utilisation of dental services, as well as the research group’s general oral health status, significantly declined after a diagnosis of dementia, researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden found.
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01 SEP 17
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When a patient requires orthodontic treatment, it is common practice to capture their dental placement with a radiograph. Scientists from the Heidelberg University Hospital in Germany have now published a study in which an alternative treatment plan without radiation exposure was investigated.
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