Category Archives: Research

Reports in two of the UK national dailies of research from UCLAN linking Alzheimers disease with poor oral hygiene. The Independent – Poor dental health and gum disease may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a study suggests. Brains of dementia patients were found to contain Porphyromonas gingivalis, the bug responsible for unhealthy gums. Scientists believeContinue reading “The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #16 – Alzheimers / Perio disease link.”

From Dentistry online Research reducing tooth decay wins prize New idea could bring toothache relief to millions of people An exciting development to reduce tooth decay could bring toothache relief to millions of people throughout the world, according to new research into degradable particles for tooth repair. Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London, haveContinue reading “The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #15”

Genetics-Based Risk Assessment Brings Personalized Preventive Care To Dentistry From Medical News Today Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (OTCQB: ILIU) have announced the online publication of the research study “Patient Stratification for Preventive Dental Care” in Journal of Dental Research. The study provides new insights into the prevention of periodontitis (gum disease) and the opportunity for significantContinue reading “Genetics-Based Risk Assessment Brings Personalized Preventive Care To Dentistry”

Continuing an occasional series of how dentistry will be revolutionised. I don’t / won’t read the Daily Mail, perhaps I should in order to see what tripe is published in the name of current research. No doubt this can be filed with “we’ll all be getting our nutrition from a pill whilst commuting using ourContinue reading “The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #14”

(The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime a reference to Colin Douglas’s book) An interesting article from The Daily Wail  except that a Google search shows that it isn’t exactly new news. A new gel that dissolves tooth decay could provide an alternative to the dentist’s drill. The gel, made from a compound found in the fruitContinue reading “The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #13”

(TGBSL = The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime a reference to Colin Douglas’s book) From BBC Website Researchers grow teeth from gum cells Dentists may one day be able to replace missing teeth with ones newly grown from gum cells, say UK researchers. The team from King’s College London took cells from adult human gum tissueContinue reading “TGBSL #11 – Researchers grow teeth from gum cells”

From MNT – full article here A New Strategy To Prevent Or Halt Periodontal Disease Suggested By Research Periodontitis, a form of chronic gum disease that affects nearly half of the U.S. adult population, results when the bacterial community in the mouth becomes unbalanced, leading to inflammation and eventually bone loss. In its most severeContinue reading “TGBSL #10 – A New Strategy To Prevent Or Halt Periodontal Disease Suggested By Research”