Dental News July 20, 2014

• New study reveals widespread support for rapid HIV testing in dental surgeries
  More than 80 per cent of oral health patients are willing to receive rapid HIV-testing in dental settings, which could help reduce the spread of the HIV according to a groundbreaking study revealed…
• How P. gingivalis causes chronic inflammation in blood vessels
  Chronic oral infection with the periodontal disease pathogen, Porphyromonas gingivalis, not only causes local inflammation of the gums leading to tooth loss but also is associated with an increased…
• Anti-arthritics can exacerbate other inflammatory diseases like periodontitis
  Inflammatory diseases can occur simultaneously in distinct sites in the same patient, complicating treatment because a medication effective for one disorder may exacerbate the other.

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