Search Dental Tribune

Videos

Far-UVC light: A Promising Technology to Reduce the Spread of Airborne-Mediated Microbial Diseases

This guest editorial by Dr Manuela Buonanno summarizes the current research on characterizing the anti-microbial effectiveness of far-UVC light - mainly the...

save

"Designed an open- source software for Post- Translational Modifications database" Dr Sachin Gavali

Researchers from Wu Lab, University of Delaware have built a database of post-translational modifications of proteins in their lab. Now, to make it useful ...

save

The rising costs in oral healthcare – Time to reboot & reset clinics for economics (Part 2)

COVID-19 is having an unprecedented impact on the global economy, including that of the dental industry. Most dental clinics are shut and a few are offering...

save

Evidence based approach: Effect of far UVC light on coronaviruses in aerosols: A step-wise summary

This is an evidence-based approach to summarize the virucidal effect of far UVC light on the viruses in general, and the novel coronavirus in particular - ...

save

How to use Ultraviolet light (UVC) to fight COVID-19 effectively in dental clinics: Dr Ajay Bajaj

Dentistry, labelled as the highest-risk profession in COVID-19 times because of the aerosol spread in the clinic, has forced dental professionals to look ...

save
advertisement

Control "humidity" inside your clinic to minimize COVID 19 spread- Mansoor Ali, air quality expert

Mansoor Ali, a research analyst and veteran in the air treatment products industry, speaks about the role of relative humidity in controlling the spread of ...

save

The rising costs in oral healthcare – Time to reboot & reset clinics for economics (Part 1)

COVID-19 is having an unprecedented impact on the global economy, including that of the dental industry. Most dental clinics are shut and a few are offering...

save
advertisement

Ankit's back-zip PPE: A modification in the PPE to minimize the cross-contamination & virus spread

Healthcare workers (HCWs) spend a lot of time up working in close proximity to their patients, which is a high-risk activity. Standard Personal Protective ...

save

Safer dental clinics are just a swab away: Testing patients for SARS-CoV-2

LANSING, Mich., U.S.: Allowing dental professionals to test their patients for SARS-CoV-2 would decrease the high risk of transmission of the virus in ...

save
advertisement

Severe form of COVID 19: Mainly a vascular disease? Can 'Anaerobic Bacteria Hypothesis' explain it?

Sandeep Chakraborty (B-Tech, Electrical Engineering IIT Kharagpur, 1997), (Masters. Computer science, IIT Kharagpur, 2008) is a researcher focused on ...

save

COVIDEA: "Pat's PONCHO" to prevent the virus spread via surface contamination- by Dr Vivek Patni

Dental Tribune South Asia has launched COVIDEAS - an initiative to encourage innovative thought processes and bring innovative ideas to the attention of ...

save
advertisement

US FDA grants Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the antiviral drug Remdesivir to treat COVID-19

The US Food and Drug Administration has granted 'Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)' for Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug remdesivir to treat COVID-19, the ...

save

Prevotella & endemic TB might explain low COVID 19 deaths in India- Sandeep Chakraborty (Interview)

With experts trying to find the possible reasons for the low COVID related death rate in India, a hypothesis by Sandeep Chakraborty has generated ...

save
advertisement

Dr Brijesh Patel's "COVID Army" provides food to the COVID front-line doctors & the underprivileged

Dental professionals are facing extremely challenging times because of the lockdown. While most practitioners are busy fighting the COVID crisis and ...

save

Three data-driven analyses on the pattern of COVID-19 pandemic and when it will probably end.

Dental Tribune South Asia had published on 10th March 2020 - a report on Farr's law, which states that "epidemics tend to rise and fall in a roughly ...

save

Prevention of cross-contamination in dental clinics: Practical suggestions from Dr Ajay Kakar

Dr Ajay Kakar, a periodontist from Mumbai well known for his innovative approach to dentistry and also known as a pioneer in the use of technology and ...

save
advertisement

Simple screening to detect asymptomatic COVID patients entering dental clinics - a suggestion

The recent 'Times Fact India Outbreak Report' suggests that around 22 May 2020 India could see the number of coronavirus cases surge up to 75,000. Experts ...

save

Nassim Nicholas Taleb : The only man who has a clue.

Coronavirus pandemic is a crisis where the role of experts like Nassim Nicholas Taleb - a risk analyst, whose work concerns problems of randomness, ...

save

Is Zoom a safe tool for online dental education?

LEIPZIG, Germany: During the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual meetings, teledentistry and online education have become more important than ever. There are many ...

save

Digital dentistry: Three steps to enhance your dental implant laboratory

Charles Banh works at Ceramics West Dental Laboratory as a consultant for oral surgeons and is the owner of the Practice Within, which provides specific ...

save
advertisement