Getting Your Patients To Say YES To Treatment
A patient’s resistance to accepting dental treatment can prevent them from getting the care they need. These barriers...
The kind of oral bacteria—even the good kind—in a two-year-old’s mouth may predict their weight gain, a new study reports.
The findings suggest this understudied...
“The healthy human mouth is one of the most heavily colonized parts of the body containing hundreds of different bacterial, viral, and fungal species.”[1] Under normal...
Inflammation is rampant today in our society, due largely to our standard American diet, stressful lifestyle, poor sleep habits, and lack of exercise. Inflammation...
Dental professionals now have access to a new classification system for periodontal disease and peri-implant diseases and conditions. This classification is the outcome...
Jacque Russo, RN, DDS; Susan Estep, DDS; Susan Maples, DDS; DeWitt Wilkerson, DDS; Michael Milligan, DMD; Victoria Richards; Jan Lazarus, RDH; Doug Thompson, DDS; Mark...
Editor's Note
When it comes to scientific research these days, it can be difficult to discern the truth. Between media reports taking one finding out of context and...
My office is located in a medical building as part of a large local hospital system occupied by many medical physician offices. As I was walking down the hallway, I was...
A Unique Opportunity
The epidemic of heart disease and diabetes in the United States has us all concerned for the future of our society. The lives of our friends,...
It’s been a real privilege to be a part of AAOSH and to personally know the amazing people that have carried this incredible community so far in such a short period of...