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Dental News
COVID-19: Examining role of oral microbiome and mucosal immunity in South Asian populations
LONDON, UK/CHENNAI, India: UK Research and Innovation and India’s Department of Biotechnology in the Ministry of Science and Technology have recently ...
COVID-19 antibody tests not recommended for measuring immunity after vaccination
Antibody testing among vaccine beneficiaries has increased manifold recently due to the anxiety over post-vaccination immunity, but are these antibody tests...
Povidone iodine in dental practice
Frequent hygiene practices and proper antiseptic use by medical personnel are vital for the protection of patients from infections. Povidone-iodine (PVP-I) ...
Peri-implantitis second most common complication following dental implant therapy
GOTHENBURG, Sweden: Even though high survival rates have been reported for dental implants, biological or technical complications affecting the implant, the...
Digital impression taking in modern dentistry
In a recent webinar focused on dental impressions in modern dentistry, Dr Pawel Szuba-Paszkiewicz, a dentist with a deep interest in digital ...
Long-COVID: current status and role of vaccines
Although most individuals recover completely from COVID-19 within a few weeks, some continue to experience symptoms after their initial recovery — even ...
COVID-19 can lead to diabetes mellitus
So far, the COVID-19 management has mainly focused on pneumonia and blood clots. Now evidence is building up on how COVID-19 recovered individuals can ...
New study examines extent of occupational risk of COVID-19 in UK
BIRMINGHAM, UK: To fill a research gap, researchers have recently examined whether dental professionals are, in fact, at an increased risk of becoming ...
COVID-19 and mental health
Mind your mind because a dilapidated one is worse than having none. Dr. Bhavdeep Singh Ahuja emphasizes the importance of mental health in these challenging...
Understand ventilation to curb COVID-19 risk
Information on the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has constantly been evolving right from droplet spread to the virus being declared airborne. The ...
Landmark resolution: Oral health back on global agenda
The 74th World Health Assembly (WHA74) has approved the landmark resolution on putting oral health back on the global agenda.
Mucormycosis dedicated center at ACPM, Dhule
Jawahar Medical Foundation ACPM Medical College and the OMFS department of ACPM Dental College, Dhule, have set up a center dedicated to treat and manage ...
Acetic acid to prevent mucormycosis - Dr. Puneet Wadhwani (OMFS)
The Covid-19 pandemic has unleashed a flood of Mucormycosis cases in India. All specialists - the ENT/ ophthalmic/ maxillofacial surgeons, physicians, and ...
Mucor due to hyperglycemia from new strain?
As the medical fraternity gets busy identifying the risk factors and causative factors behind mucormycosis, a clinical observation of six months suggests it...
Indian SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.617.2: Part 3
This is a series of updates by Dr. Rohan Bandi (MDS) Prosthodontist, Mumbai on the emerging lines of evidence on B.1.617.2, the Indian variant of ...
Now a T-cell-based clinical test for COVID-19
Our interest in the significance of T-cell immunity in fighting SARS-CoV-2 infection and in providing resistance to re-infection is only growing more. Now, ...
Indian SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.617.2: Part 2
This is a series of updates by Dr. Rohan Bandi (MDS) Prosthodontist, Mumbai on the emerging lines of evidence on B.1.617.2, the Indian variant of ...
Sumita Mitra nominated for European Inventor Award 2021
Sumita Mitra, an Indian-American chemist, has been nominated as a finalist for the European Inventor Award 2021 for applying nanotechnology to produce a new...
Indian SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.617.2—Part 1
This is a series of updates by Dr. Rohan Bandi, a prosthodontist from Mumbai, on the emerging updates on B.1.617.2 the Indian variant of SARS-CoV-2.
Breakthrough COVID-19 infections among the vaccinated may not be a severe threat
As the COVID-19 vaccination drive continues to expand throughout the world, SARS-CoV-2 variant mutations and breakthrough infections have posed a new public...
Are new SARS-CoV-2 variants escaping PCR detection?
Several media reports have come up with scary headlines that the new SARS-CoV-2 variants are fooling the RT-PCR test, which is considered the gold standard ...
WHO statement on airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2
The World Health Organization (WHO) updated its communication on the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on 30 April 2021. This article summarizes their ...
Saliva test for COVID-19 diagnosis and severity prediction - Dr. Amisha Parekh
The use of saliva has multiple advantages over nasopharyngeal swabs in terms of being non-invasive, its ease of collection without professional help, and ...
The changing goalposts of vaccine effectiveness - Dr. Ameet Revankar
The measured efficacy/ effectiveness of the vaccine is only a guide for approval and not a benchmark for claiming superiority of one vaccine over another.
A Seasoned Oral Surgeon's Perspectives: Post-COVID 19 Oral & Maxillofacial Manifestations
Renowned oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr. Vijay Deshmukh will be presenting an online lecture on the perspectives of an oral surgeon on post-Covid oral & ...
COVID-19 response by mobile apps in India
The possible benefits by which one can use mobile applications (apps) for contact tracking in managing the COVID-19 pandemic have been discovered. Various ...
COVID-19 survivors at an increased risk of salivary gland ectasia and oral disease
MILAN, Italy: Since the evidence of oral manifestations linked to SARS-CoV-2 is scarce, researchers have recently set out to fill the gap by investigating ...
It’s time we used Vitamin D to reduce the risk of COVID-19 severity
People that traditionally exhibit vitamin D deficiency, such as older adults and nursing home residents, are the same groups that have also been excessively...
Clean-O-Denture - a device to improve denture hygiene - Dr. Pranit Bora
Numerous products are available in the market to clean the dentures but inconclusive outcomes of these products discourage the population to use them as a ...
Johnson & Johnson vaccine use paused over blood clot concerns
Today, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued a statement recommending a ...