The best new implant system may have arrived! Scientists at Japan’s Kyoto University and the University of Fukui developed a monoclonal antibody treatment that seems to trigger the body to grow new teeth, according to research published last month in the journal Science Advances. The team reports that an antibody for one gene – uterine sensitization associated gene-1…
Dealing with dental fluorosis is tricky. Depending on the severity of the hypomineralization, there are many different treatment options. Sometimes the issue is solved with simple bleaching, yet sometimes veneers/ or crowns are needed to mask the unappealing “white spots.” Unfortunately, many times the treatment of choice presents itself through trial and error, after exhausting…
Condensed sodium vs. coffee Makino et al. studied this hypothesis in a double-blind randomized clinical trial, with 30 participants. Each subject held (with an appliance) a hydroxyapatite pellet on the lingual side of the mandible for two hours, allowing for pellicle formation. The appliance was later submerged for 48 hours in a coffee solution. Following…
When most of us come across the term “Artificial Intelligence,” we instantly revert back to Stanley Kubrick’s Space Odyssey, or some variation of it. However, we are far from the dystopian world we think “AI” leads to. From environment analysis of self-driving cars, to the evolution of breast cancer screenings, 2019 has seen the highest…