Dental and Oral Health News

• Czech Beer Is Designed for Cancer Patients' Tastes The nonalcoholic beer has fewer hops, which reduces bitterness, and is diluted with apple juice for sweetening. Clinicians in the Czech Republic, where beer is the national drink, are handing it out to breast cancer patients.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2018
• California Lawmakers Capitulate to Industry, Ban Sugary Drink Tax The new bill restricts new local taxes on sugary drinks but allows jurisdictions to retain taxes already in place to curb consumption of these products, which are linked with diabetes and heart disease.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2018
• High-Powered MRI Releases Mercury From Dental Amalgam Dental amalgam exposed ex vivo to 7.0-T MRI releases potentially toxic mercury, researchers from Turkey report.
  Reuters Health Information, June 2018
• Infective Endocarditis Risk Still High After Invasive Procedures The risk climbed after a range of common nondental invasive procedures in an analysis, inviting reappraisal of current conservative antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines, at least for some procedures.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018
• Top GB Athletes Plagued by Tooth Decay, Oral Disease - Study Winning athletes love to bite their medals and smile for the cameras as they hold their trophies aloft, but their teeth may actually be holding them back.
  Reuters Health Information, June 2018
• Trump Signs Order to Stop Separating Immigrant Families The news comes amid intense criticism of the policy that calls for the separation of children from their parents at the US border. Physicians say the children could experience long-term effects.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018
• Oral Fluconazole for Thrush in Pregnancy Doesn't Up Stillbirth Oral fluconazole at any dose was not associated with an increased risk of stillbirth or neonatal death but more research is needed to guide clinical decision-making.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018
• Alert Stop Using OTC Benzocaine Teething Products, FDA Says The agency will also increase warnings on all benzocaine-containing over-the-counter and prescription topical anesthetics because of the rare but serious risk for methemoglobinemia.
  News Alerts, May 2018
• Alert FDA OKs Platelet Booster for Liver Disease Patients Avatrombopag increases platelet counts and may decrease or eliminate the need for transfusions in patients with liver disease and thrombocytopenia who are to undergo a planned medical or dental procedure.
  News Alerts, May 2018
• Gene Profiling May Refine HPV Oropharyngeal Cancer Therapy A genetic signature that distinguishes node-negative from node-positive p16-positive human papillomavirus (HPV)-driven oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas may help optimize treatment.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2018
• Drinking Alcohol May Boost Oral Bacteria Tied to Disease Alcohol consumption affects the oral microbiome, potentially increasing pathogenic bacteria linked to alcohol-related diseases, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2018
• 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