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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

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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 & ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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The mouth and SARS-CoV-2: Evidence of infected cells suggests key role in infection, transmission

BETHESDA, Md., U.S.: COVID-19 can cause a number of symptoms in the oral cavity, such as lesions, ulcerations and a loss of taste, and yet the role of the ...

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How open architecture CAD/CAM can benefit your practice

ChairsideCAD, available from exocad, is the choice of software for leading manufacturers of dental CAD/CAM systems, according to the company, and it has ...

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SaNOtize's Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray (NONS) can minimize COVID-19 transmission and symptom severity

With the rising cases of COVID-19 globally and the constantly evolving variants of the SARS-COV-2 virus, an end to this pandemic seems to be uncertain. ...

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Can we use the word “permanent” when it comes to what we do in dentistry?

As we all know, dentistry is dedicated to understanding the workings of the oral cavity, the maxillomandibular relationship, the repair of tooth decay, the ...

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Have your say in DTI’s global reader survey

LEIPZIG, Germany: Since 2003, Dental Tribune International (DTI) has provided essential information for the dental community through its global print ...

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How COVID-19 has forced us all to relook our practices, lives and goals

Many of us react in quite different ways to changes happening around us. Take a moment to read this short account of what is not so much my change journey, ...

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Capitalising on digitisation with the right strategy

KOBLACH, Austria: Digitisation can bring dental technicians and dentists closer together. How new opportunities arising from this interdisciplinary approach...

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