Overcoming dental fear with the tap of an app
Dental FearLess app. Credit: David Song/NYU Does the idea of sitting in a dental chair make your palms sweat? Or do you simply avoid making appointments altogether? You’re not alone.
Dental FearLess app. Credit: David Song/NYU Does the idea of sitting in a dental chair make your palms sweat? Or do you simply avoid making appointments altogether? You’re not alone.
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Oral cancers and precancerous mouth lesions are considered especially difficult to diagnose early and accurately. For one, biopsies are expensive, invasive, stressful for the patient and
Researchers at NYU College of Dentistry led CariedAway, the nation’s largest school-based cavity prevention study, to compare the use of silver diamine fluoride and traditional sealants. The study included approximately
A digital twin of a patient’s jaw created through the integration of AI solutions and computational modeling, enabling precise simulation of anticipated teeth movements under specific conditions. The color map
Pancreas sections from control and P.gingivalis-infected mice. Control mouse showing a small pre-cancerous lesion (marked in yellow). Credit: Hebrew University of Jerusalem Prof. Gabriel Nussbaum and his team at the
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Periodontitis is an inflammatory gum disease driven by bacterial infection and left untreated it can lead to complications including tooth loss. The disease has also been
Comparison of the two types of ligature models and temporal mRNA expression profiling of cytokines. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46746-2 Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) researchers have developed
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The oral microbiome is the community of bacteria that live in the mouth. It helps us digest our food and keep our mouth healthy. Changes to
(A) From left to right an example of sour fruit leather (thickness: 1 mm), chewing gum (thickness: 1 mm) and celluloid matrix strip (thickness: 5 μm). (B) Approximate positioning of the strips. Credit:
Gingival keratinocyte diversity is molecularly defined, spatially distinct, and preserved in vitro. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49037-y Researchers have for the first time created an integrated single-cell RNA sequencing