Dental and Oral Health News

• Chile Faces Food Industry Head-On in Fight Against Obesity Among Latin American nations, Chile is taking a tough stance against packaged and processed foods, insisting on strict new labeling, restricting marketing, and taxing sugary drinks.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• People With Diabetes Get Fewer Dental Checkups Despite the increased importance of dental care for people with diabetes and prediabetes, they visit dentists less often than the national average.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• Tooth Loss in Middle-age Linked to Heart Disease Losing two or more natural teeth in middle age is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), new research suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, March 2018
• Dentist Drills Through Stigma Holding Back Indonesia's Disabled
  Reuters Health Information, March 2018
• Higher Tooth Loss Risk for Mothers With More Kids Mothers with a larger family have a higher risk for tooth loss, according to a large, mainly European study.
  WebMD Health News, March 2018
• CDC Finds Cluster of Pulmonary Disease in Dentists The number of dentists receiving treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at one tertiary care center was 23 times higher than expected, the CDC reports.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• Guideline Updates Recommendations for Persistent Hoarseness Updated clinical practice guideline for dysphonia provides guidance on larynx assessment, empirical treatments, and an algorithm for care acceleration.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• Legal Hurdles, Not Amazon, Key Concern for U.S. Dental Supply Firms Henry Schein Inc and Patterson Cos Inc have bigger things to worry about than Amazon.com Inc potentially disrupting the niche dental-equipment market they dominate in the United States.
  Reuters Health Information, February 2018
• Expert Advice About When to Start Kids' Dental Visits Lacking All children should have a checkup by age 1, experts say. However, a national survey found that more than half of parents said they didn't get that message from a physician or dentist.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2018
• Dentists Can Play a Key Role in Management of Diabetes Intensive treatment of periodontal disease may improve glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes, say Spanish dentists, who note their findings underline the importance of oral health.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2018
• Lower Risk of Some Cancers With Oral Contraceptives Applies Across Lifestyles Women who use oral contraceptives for at least a decade may be less likely to develop ovarian or endometrial malignancies, and this benefit doesn’t seem to be diminished by other lifestyle risk factors, a U.S. study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, January 2018
• Prominent Endocrinologist Killed in Philippines Van Crash Dr Nunilo Rubio's philanthropy helped build a diabetes center in a high-need Chicago neighborhood. His wife, Elenita, also a physician, was seriously injured in the crash, which killed seven volunteers.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2018
• Severe Gum Disease Increases Both Cancer Risk and Mortality The largest study to date shows that severe periodontitis increases the risk for cancer, while a Finnish study suggests it may also increase cancer mortality.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2018
• More Evidence Links Gum Disease to Stroke Risk A new study shows a relationship between severity of gum disease and increasing future stroke risk, and conversely that regular dental care was linked to a lower stroke risk.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2018
• Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injury Common in Surgeons The problem is so significant that some experts have referred to it as 'an impending epidemic,' and fear it may contribute to the projected shortage of surgeons in coming years.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2017
• Is Antibiotic Prescribing by Dentists an Overlooked Problem? Use of antibiotics before dental procedures may contribute to community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection.
  Medscape Reader Polls, December 2017
• Alert FDA Bans Triclosan, 23 Other Antiseptic Ingredients The FDA has finalized a rule that bans marketing of over-the-counter healthcare antiseptic products containing triclosan and 23 other active ingredients.
  News Alerts, December 2017
• New FDA Web Page Has Latest Info on Best Antibiotic Choice A new FDA Web page will streamline how the agency updates information to help healthcare providers choose an appropriate antibiotic or antifungal agent for a patient’s infection.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2017
• Dentures and Tooth Loss Linked to Malnutrition Losing teeth and wearing dentures can increase your risk of malnutrition, according to a study.
  WebMD Health News, December 2017
• Influenza Activity Increasing in United States, CDC Says Although influenza activity was low in the United States in October, November has seen an increase in infection.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2017