Fluoride chemicals added to water supplies is ineffective at reducing tooth decay, harmful to health and a waste of money.

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“Fluoridation of drinking water is scientifically untenable, and should not be part of a public health initiative or program,” says the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) in a new published statement.

Dentist should not have to be distracted by Practice Management Programs and Computer mishaps. They should be able to focus on their skills of Dentistry, make sure patients do not leave without an appointment or payment.

For dentists who treat an occasional child with localized aggressive periodontitis, or LAP, the research points to the likely culprit as a bacterium with a long name, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa).

The gene TP53 encodes a multi-purpose protein that takes part in regulating the cell cycle, carrying out programmed cell death, initiating DNA repair, and regulating the transcription of a large cassette of genes that cells employ for various biological purposes.

The scientists identified 27 distinct gene transcripts that were over produced in the saliva of those with primary Sjogren’s syndrome.

A team of NIDCR-supported scientists and their colleagues report on a novel protein called LZAP. Discovered by the group in 2005, LZAP appears to be a new growth-inhibiting tumor suppressor gene.

The McDevitt laboratory published in the August issue of the journal Lab on a Chip the results of proof-of-principle experiments for a rapid chip-based diagnostic test for oral cancer. McDevitt spoke to the Inside Scoop about the device, its status, and future prospects.

If researchers were to describe the oral bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis, three adjectives likely would come to mind: well adapted, opportunistic, and destructive. And with good reason.