The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded a 2-year, $400,000 grant to the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Minority Dental Faculty Development (MDFD) program to address oral health disparities in underserved communities
On a recent flight from Chicago to Los Angeles, the movie "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" was playing, which was quite appropriate as I was experiencing exactly this type of day.
Preventive therapies and oral hygiene education before conception and during early pregnancy may help reduce the severity of periodontal diseases and the negative effects of inflammation on pregnancy.
While the evidence shows that periodontitis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases are linked, the reasons behind this association are still being investigated.