Army calling Dentists, apply NOW
Applications are invited by Indian Army from Indian Nationals for grant of Short Service Commission in Army Dental Corps (AD Corps). There are total 23 vacancies against this recruitment drive. All eligible and interested candidates need to apply on or before July 15, 2015. Concerned candidates need to read below so as to know about the vacancy details, eligibility criteria, application procedure, and such other details…APPLY NOW
Man bleeds to death after extraction
Man bled to death after having a neighbour extract his tooth with a rock tied to a string, police said Thursday. Pree Namthip, 64, was found dead at the door of his house in Muang district having bled…age 64, was found dead at the door of his house in Muang district having bled out from the mouth, said Pol Lt Col Khamron Chanthip, a duty officer at Muang police station, who was alerted around 11.20pm on...NEWSLINK
Are you preparing proper glide path ?
Latest research in IEJ..All instruments were associated with apical extrusion of debris. Creating a glide path prior to canal instrumentation reduced the amount of apically extruded debris in curved canals. Learn HOW to Prep Glide path
Toothpaste polluting Ganga
30,00,000 gms of toothpaste pollutants enter the #Ganga river everyday says a new research, reports Dainik Jagran on 19 June. BHU s Prof TP Chaturvedi was briefing the media person..
SC directs CBSC to finish by 17 Aug
SC on Friday gave some more time to CBSE to arrange for the All India Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Entrance Test (AIPMT) 2015 re-examination and directed the education board to announce results by 17 August. NEWSLINK
Floss or Brush First?
Is it better to floss before or after brushing teeth?
Great question. Alas, surprisingly few studies address it directly. Based on existing evidence, flossing first isn’t necessarily better for oral health than the other way around.
Still, dentists have opinions on the matter. Dr. Edmond R. Hewlett, a spokesman for the American Dental Association and a professor of restorative dentistry at the University of California, Los Angeles, recommends flossing first. His rationale? Get the unpleasant task out of the way to avoid the temptation to not do it. “Let’s face human nature, if you’re going to skip one, which one will you skip?” he said. NEWSLINK
Hollow head toothbrushes are filthy ?
Solid-head power toothbrushes retain less bacteria compared to hollow-head toothbrushes, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Centre at Houston (UTHealth) School of Dentistry.
The results of the study are published in the Journal of Dental Hygiene. Lead author and professor at the UTHealth School of Dentistry, Donna Warren Morris, R.D.H., M.Ed., notes that microbial counts were lower in the solid-head toothbrush group than in the two hollow-head toothbrush groups in nine out of ten comparisons. LINK
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