Dental News December 20, 2015

• The English do not have worse teeth than Americans, study proves
  Austin Powers – a character created by comedian Mike Myers – plays to the stereotype that the English have bad teeth; a new study dispels this myth.
• Implants help leg bone successfully replace jawbone
  Your jaw bones affect how you look, breath, eat, and speak, making reconstruction important for any jaw defects.
• Coronary heart disease patients with no teeth have nearly double risk of death
  Levels of tooth loss linearly associated with increasing rates of death and stroke.Gum disease is the main cause of tooth loss and is related to poor dental hygiene.
• Aural feedback for oral hygiene
  Build a better toothbrush.Researchers in Japan have discovered that how effectively we clean our teeth and how satisfied we are with the brushing job we do depends a lot on the sound of the…

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