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Posted on Monday, October 24, 2011 10:21 PM
New Expertise Aims To Repair the After-Effects of Gum Disease: Advances in tissue engineering are offering the promise of having the ability to restore lost bone and gum tissue following periodontal disease.
About a third of the population are affected by chronic inflammatory gum disease which may finish up in loss of the bone and other tissues that support our teeth.
Even when the infection or inflammation was brought under control, people can be left with an ugly appearance and poor function. Smoking, uncontrolled diabetes, stress and genetic susceptibility are a quantity of the risk factors for gum disease, which affects people of all ages. |
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Hope: Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:40 PM
Gum disease may affect a woman's reproductive health Lots of ladies who are planning to have children improve their diet and avoid behaviors like smoking and drinking in order to reduce the risks of complications in the coursework of pregnancy. However, a recent study introduced at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology indicated that improving oral health ought to even be a consideration for ladies who need to conceive.
The research involved over seven,700 females. |
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Posted on Friday, April 29, 2011 10:23 PM
Many studies have evaluated the association between periodontal disease and premature, low birth-weight babies, but none have demonstrated a direct cause and effect. Such a study would be lengthy, expensive and difficult to complete. One barrier to undertaking this study is the random assignment of pregnant women with periodontal disease to the no-treatment control group. Ethics committees find this unacceptable.
Researchers at Feira de Santana State University, in Bahia, Brazil devised a study design to avoid assigning a control group. |
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Posted on Monday, August 30, 2010 11:31 PM
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