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In This
Issue:
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Nation and
Delta Dental Celebrate National Children's Dental
Health Month
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Teen Years
Tough on Teeth; Hormones, Other Factors to Blame for
Wreaking Havoc on Oral Health
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Center for
Health and Health Care in Schools Conducting Online
Oral Health Survey; Fact Sheet on School-Based Dental
Services
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Nation's
Dental Museum Debuts 'MouthPower Online' & Celebrates George Washington's Birthday
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WHO Issues
Report on Oral Health in Schools
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Researchers
Report Early Success Using Saliva to Detect Oral
Cancer
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NIDCR
Launches Unique Initiative on Oral Biofilm
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Delta Dental is sponsoring programs
in schools and at the Liberty Science Center in honor of
February's National Children's Dental Health Month. For
more about how Delta Dental is helping to teach children
about the importance of oral health, read
on.
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Hormones, social pressures and
lifestyle changes during the teen years often converge
with deleterious effects on teeth. To find out more
about the factors affecting teenagers' oral health and
how to help teens through these year, read
more. |
The CHHCS, a nonpartisan policy and
program resource center, wants to hear from school
nurses, teachers and others about school-based and
school-linked oral-health services. It has also
developed "Children's Dental Health Needs and
School-Based Services," a comprehensive fact sheet
about the oral health of children in the United States. For more
information on the survey, how to participate, or for
information about the fact sheet, read
on. |
The Dr. Samuel D. Harris National
Museum of Dentistry, a Smithsonian Institution
Affiliate, now offers an online oral-health educational
program for students called MouthPower Online.
Also, if you're looking for
something different to do this President's Weekend, you
might want to take a trip to the Dr. Samuel D. Harris
National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore. The museum is
celebrating George Washington's birthday with displays
and events focusing on the first president's dental
problems and how they affected history.
For more
on these programs, read
on.
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| The World Health Organization
(WHO) published Oral Health Promotion: An Essential
Element of a Health-Promoting School, a 65-page
report on the role of schools in enhancing oral health
worldwide. For more on the report, and how to obtain
your copy, read
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| Scientists recently reported
taking a major step forward in using saliva to detect
oral cancer. Scientists found they could measure for
elevated levels of four distinct cancer-associated
molecules in saliva and distinguish with 91% accuracy
between healthy people and those diagnosed with oral
squamous cell carcinoma. For more on these findings, read
on. |
| The National Institute of
Dental and Craniofacial Research, part of the National
Institutes of Health, has begun supporting an
innovative, three-year study to compile the first full
catalog of genes found in oral biofilms, the sticky
bacteria-laden films that form on our teeth and gums.
The study will also attempt to detect unique patterns of
gene expression within these bacterial communities that
are predictive of periodontal diseases. Read more. |
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