Dental News October 26, 2014

• Proper dental care linked to reduced risk of respiratory infections in ICU patients
  New research shows vulnerable patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) who received enhanced oral care from a dentist were at significantly less risk for developing a lower respiratory tract…
• Aphthous ulcers: Causes of mucosal inflammation are unclear
  A painful inflamed lesion on the oral mucosa, which often seems to be burning at the periphery: every third individual has at one point had such a lesion – an aphthous ulcer.
• A treatment for osteoporosis and bone cancer, employed for the first time in dental filling procedures
  Journal of Dental Research publishes a paper directed by Salvatore Sauro, Professor at University CEU Cardenal Herrera in Spain, in collaboration with international researchers from Finland…

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