Deep cleaning teeth helps get rid of bad breath and promotes healing of gum disease. But deep cleanings have risks too. Learn the pros and cons of deep dental cleaning.

The dental healthcare and orthodontics delivery organization's new white paper demonstrates how poverty affects children's smiles and oral health habits into adulthood.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Assessing the presence and degree of intestinal inflammation objectively, simply, and reliably is a significant problem in gastroenterology. We assessed faecal excretion of ...

Radiation Protection in Interventional Procedures: Practical Tutorials (English, Russian, Spanish) Radiation Protection in Dental Radiology (English, Spanish) Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine ...

Fluoride is a mineral. In Canada, fluoride is found naturally in our water, air, food and soil. Fluoride varnish prevents tooth decay in people who are at risk for the disease. Fluoride varnish should ...

This guide explains how federal, state, and local disaster response works — from applying for FEMA aid to documenting damage.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate lung involvement in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome. METHODS Sixty one consecutive, non-smoking patients, 58 women and three men, were evaluated clinically, ...

BACKGROUND/AIM Proinflammatory cytokines are key factors in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD). Activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB), which is involved in their gene transcription, is ...

Background Despite exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) being both common and often fatal, accurate prognostication of patients hospitalised with an exacerbation is difficult.

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