...begins during the seventh month of pregnancy or the beginning of the third trimester on the deciduous mandibular incisors and is completed by 6 months postnatally. The process entails the...

...effective when combined with manual instrumentation? A. I think it depends on the preference of the practitioner. The studies that compared machine-driven alone instrumentation to hand instruments alone, don’t show...

...or her normal 4- to 6-month prophylaxis schedule, the time between visits should be reduced to 3 months or even more frequently if necessary. Playing detective with the patient can...

...the skeletal complications of pain, pathologic fracture, spinal cord compression, and hypercalcemia, for which bisphosphonates appear to help.8,9 Bone malignancies secrete osteoclast activating factors. Documentation exists for the…

...and survived. The current rate of recurrence is about 6% per year, which is fairly low. To see even a 20% reduction would take very large study numbers, for example...

...advanced stages of development but have not been introduced in large measure. We think mechanical caries detection is comparatively late in the disease process. In order to detect carious lesions,...

...tooth whitening? J Can Dent Assoc. 2005;71;420-421. Kugel G. Nontray whitening. Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2000;21:524-528. Li Y. The safety of peroxide-containing at-home whiteners. Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2003;24:384-389. Boksman...

...www.pharmacytimes.com/article.cfm?menu=1&ID=4629. Accessed March 10, 2008. DeLong L, Burkhart NW. General and Oral Pathology for the Dental Hygienist. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008:203, 158, 398. Cohen DM,…