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Fluorescence mainly an adjunct for occlusal caries detection By Kathy Kincade, Editor in Chief DrBicuspid - April 2, 2012 – While fluorescence-based caries detection devices have been shown to offer clinical decision-making support, visual inspection should continue…

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Oral Cancer Foundation Sponsors 13th Annual Oral Cancer Awareness Month

From Cosmetic Dentists News Did you know that the fastest growing segment of the oral cancer community is young, healthy non-smokers? It’s shocking but true. Exposure to the HPV-16 virus, the most common…

There is a god; we made the New York Times Sunday Review

IT’S become commonplace to criticize the “Occupy” movement for failing to offer an alternative vision. But the thousands of activists in the streets of New York and London aren’t the only ones lacking…

Transmission of Nonviral Sexually Transmitted Infections and Oral Sex

From Marrty Jablow – Dental News and Technology This is important for dentists to understand as there is a correlation between HPV and oral pharyngeal cancers. More research is need to determine if…

Early HPV Vaccination Reduces Risk for Cervical Cancer

Oral cancer is on the rise. Close to 37,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral or pharyngeal cancer this year. It will cause over 8,000 deaths, killing roughly 1 person per hour, 24…

Multimillion-dollar study on early-stage oral cancer underway

And when they win the cup, sob, talk amongst yourselves, I’m farklempt….. FROM DENTAL TRIBUNE – June 3, 2011 VANCOUVER,BC,Canada: Researchers from the University of British Columbia‘s (UBC) Faculties of Medicine, Science and…

Study aims to improve oral cancer surgery outcomes – Canucks RULE!

From Dr. Bicuspid – May 26, 2011 The Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI) in Vancouver has launched a $4.7 million Pan-Canadian clinical trial aimed at improving outcomes for patients undergoing surgery for oral squamous…

Study provides treatment strategies for tongue cancer

By Dr. Bicuspid Staff  May 24, 2011 – A retrospective study in Head and Neck Oncology (May 21, 2011) provides new treatment strategies for primary tumor disease and tumor recurrence in patients with tongue cancer. Read…

Curcumin effective against cancer – substance common in Thai, Indian, Indonesian and Caribbean cuisines

From Dr. Bicuspid Staff Note – Turmeric has been used historically as a component of Indian Ayurvedic medicine since 1900 BC to treat a wide variety of ailments. Image via Wikipedia May 20,…

Oral Cancer Foundation Breaks Records in April’s Awareness and Screening Month

From PRNewswire Non-profit leads coalition of strategic partners to effect nationwide increase in screening and awareness efforts NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Oral cancer is an insidious disease that too often is…

Oral Cancer Screening by the Dental Professional

From Medscape Dentistry and Oral Health – May 5, 2011 Editor’s Note: Oral cancers occur in the lips, tongue, gingiva, floor of the mouth, oropharynx and tonsils, hypopharynx, salivary glands, nasopharynx,and other oral and…

Fight the good fight – defeat Oral Cancer

From the International Oral Cancer Association Blog The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimated that there would be 35,720 new cases of cancer of the oral and pharyngeal region in the United States in…

The role of salivary cytokine biomarkers in tongue cancer invasion and mortality

Alexis Korostoff, Lindsay Reder, Rizwan Masood and Uttam K. Sinha Department of Otolaryngology, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, General Hospital 4136, 1200 N. State, Los Angeles, CA 90031, USA Summary Squamous…

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