This content is based on the article "Short Implants An Answer to a Challenging Dilemma?" published in Dental Clinics of North America (April 2020) The article reviews the efficacy of using the currently available short implants with enhanced macrosurface and microsurface technology and abutment interfaces allowing their placement in cases previously thought ill-advised. This allows implant treatment in a […]
This content is based on the article "Short Implants An Answer to a Challenging Dilemma?" published in Dental Clinics of North America (April 2020) The article reviews the efficacy of using the currently available short implants with enhanced macrosurface and microsurface technology and abutment interfaces allowing their placement in cases previously thought ill-advised. This allows […]
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The Centers for Disease Control (US) provide oral healthcare professionals with resources on the basic principles of infection prevention and control for dental health care settings. These could be helpful particularly with the COVID19/Coronavirus outbreak. Access the full training modules
Can acupuncture prevent and/or relieve radiation-induced xerostomia, an adverse effect among patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiation therapy? That is the question that a group of researchers set out to explore in a randomized clinical trial of 339 patients who received acupuncture while they underwent radiotherapy. . The results of the trial indicated […]