Sharad Rajpal, MD, performed the first U.S. case using Cerapedics’ PearlMatrix P-15 bone graft for lumbar spinal fusion since its FDA approval. The bone graft, the first of its kind for lumbar spinal ...

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are a crucial component of the dental safety net and provide oral health services ...

Oral health is shaped by a broad array of determinants that transcend clinical care and the boundaries of the traditional ...

The Augusta Regional Dental Clinic expansion has allowed the Fishersville nonprofit to welcome approximately 2,000 new ...

Microscopic analyses have shown that the smear layer contains residual calculus, cementum, bacteria, and bacterial-derived products. 11 , 12 For this reason, the smear layer can act as a physical ...

Shan Li; Yanqiong Liu; Qiliu Peng; Li Xie; Jian Wang; Xue Qin Disclosures J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013;28 (7):1122-1132.

Periodontitis is a prevalent inflammatory disease that leads to the destruction of the tooth-supporting tissues. Current therapies are not effective for all patients and this oral disease continues to ...

Beyond oral health While the experiment focused on gum disease in space, the implications stretch further. “It also opens the door to better understanding how inflamma t ion works in the body, both in ...

Goal: To train dentists for careers in clinical or academic periodontics which will allow the graduate to practice all phases of clinical periodontics and dental implant surgery and propagate and ...

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons care for adults and children who experience such conditions as problematic wisdom teeth, facial pain, and misaligned jaws. They treat accident victims suffering facial ...

More information: Ahmed Bakri et al, Microgravity Exacerbates Periodontitis In Vivo, Journal of Periodontal Research (2025). DOI: 10.1111/jre.70000 ...