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Management Strategies for Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders Clinicians involved in screening, diagnosing, referring, and/or managing patients with OPMDs should be well versed in the latest standards of care. Joel Laudenbach reviews a recent report.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 16, 2018
Adjunctive Cytologic Testing for Oral Cavity Lesions An oral health clinician who elects to use cytologic testing should be keenly aware of the limitations of each brand of test, especially in primary care dental settings.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 15, 2017
Oral Cancer Screen: Technique for Autofluorescence Interpretation For clinicians new to using autofluorescence for oral screening, this research offers an analytic technique to help discriminate between oral cancer/precancerous lesions and normal oral mucosa.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 12, 2017
Managing Intraoral Injection Fear in Children and Adolescents A newly published study offers an approach to helping children and teens who are particularly fearful of intraoral injections. Joel M. Laudenbach, DMD, offers his perspective.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 14, 2017
Malignant Potential of Oral Lichen Planus/Lichenoid Lesions This new meta-analysis supports the concept that OLP and OLLs are associated with a small, yet measurable, increased risk for malignant transformation.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 31, 2017
Antibiotics Before Dental Care in Patients With Prosthetic Joints Should patients with prosthetic joints undergo antibiotic prophylaxis before dental procedures? This tool may help with that decision.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 10, 2017
Dentistry and the Opioid Epidemic Dentists are frequent prescribers of prescription drugs for pain following dental procedures. What is their role in fighting the opioid epidemic?
Experts And Viewpoints, August 26, 2016
Why Has Antibiotic Prescribing by Dentists Increased? Dentists have lagged behind physicians in reducing antibiotic prescribing and need to get on board with antimicrobial stewardship.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 04, 2016
Oral Health and Nutraceuticals: Can Green Tea Treat Herpes? A topical green tea product is compared with placebo in patients with recurrent herpes labialis.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 04, 2016
Should Dentists Screen Patients for Diabetes? Some people are more likely to see a dentist than a medical provider. With rising rates of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, Eric Stoopler argues that the dental office is a good place to screen for high blood glucose.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 13, 2016
How Often Do Dentists See Orofacial Pain? A study assessed the prevalence of orofacial pain in dental practices, the conditions associated with orofacial pain, and the characteristics of patients with these complaints.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 30, 2015
The Importance of the Medication History in Oral Healthcare Many people, especially older adults, are taking numerous prescription and OTC drugs, which the oral health provider needs to know about.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 03, 2015
Patient Understanding of Oral Healthcare Jargon A significant number of patients have limited understanding of the terms used by oral and maxillofacial specialists when discussing diagnosis and treatment.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 19, 2015
Oral Medicine in the 21st Century Patients with oral symptoms and diseases often go months without appropriate management. Which patients should be referred to an oral medicine provider?
Experts And Viewpoints, June 11, 2015
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Patients With Prosthetic Joints These updated evidence-based clinical practice guidelines will prove useful to oral healthcare practitioners.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 18, 2015
Oral Health and the Child With Cerebral Palsy Children with CP often have motor disabilities and need assistance with brushing. Seeing an oral health provider regularly is paramount.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 26, 2014
A Natural Remedy for Canker Sores? Which topical treatment works best to reduce the size, erythema, and discomfort of recurrent aphthous ulcers?
Experts And Viewpoints, October 16, 2014
The Role of Mouthguards in Sports-Related Head Injuries If parents are worried about sports-related head injury, they might consider a custom-made mouth guard.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 21, 2014
Oral Health in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease An increase in chronic kidney disease is bringing more such patients to the dentist's chair.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 04, 2014
The Clinical Challenge of Immune-Mediated Oral Diseases Correct diagnosis is tricky for these oral lesions that have common clinical features.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 06, 2014

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