Dental News November 17, 2013

• Protection from periodontitis and related chronic diseases
  A drug currently used to treat intestinal worms could protect people from periodontitis, an advanced gum disease, which untreated can erode the structures – including bone – that hold the teeth in the jaw. The research was published ahead of print in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
• Epigenetic effects on cell signaling leads healthy stem cells to create benign fibromas in the jaw
  A new study from the Ostrow School of Dentistry published in Cell Stem Cell illustrates how changes in cell signaling can cause ordinary stem cells in the jaw to start forming benign but potentially harmful tumors.

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