Dental News April 10, 2016

• Gum disease may be treatable with bioceramic material
  A new study takes a closer look at why silicon nitride – a bioceramic material used in spinal implants – has such a lethal effect on the bacteria that cause gum disease.
• Paper-based test could help prevent food poisoning
  Food poisoning is a stomach-churning, miserable condition that sends thousands of Americans to hospital emergency rooms every year.
• How bioceramics could help fight gum disease
  Severe gum disease known as periodontitis can lead to tooth loss, and treating it remains a challenge.

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