More than 2 percent of adults in America, or 5,437,988 are living with a form of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), according to the Centers for Disease Control. Although dental patients with ASD will not present different dental problems from other patients, the Autism Tool Kit for Dental... CONTINUE READING
A guest blog by ProSites Ahh, summer. Days that seem to stretch on forever, relaxed work hours, impromptu BBQs and trips to the beach. For every one of your patients breathing deeply and digging their toes into the sand, there’s another one (or three) balancing camp drop-off and pick-up times,... CONTINUE READING
NuCalm 2.0 sedates anxious patients without nitrous, valium or things even stronger. Feeling more relaxed yet? We'll take a wild guess and say that within your patient roster lurk a handful of Nervous Nellies whose crippling dental anxieties render them difficult, not to say exasperating, to... CONTINUE READING
Dental and medical researchers from Case Western Reserve University discovered that byproducts of bacteria in gum disease, called metabolic small chain fatty acid (SCFA), can work together to wake up HIV in dormant T-cells and cause the virus to replicate. Their findings help explain why people... CONTINUE READING