Open for discussion: We’ve come a long way, but what’s the next for oral health?

  At the turn of the twentieth century, most people could expect to lose their teeth by middle age. That situation began to change with the discovery of  fluoride, and the observation that people who lived in communities with naturally fluoridated drinking water had far less dental caries than people in comparable communities without fluoride…

There’s so much technology in an Astra Tech dental implant, you’d believe me if I told you it could fly!

A successful implant system cannot be determined by one single feature alone. As with nature, many interdependent features must work together to create a cohesive whole. Biterite, a facility certified in utilizing the Astra Tech Implant System™, directly integrates aesthetics into the implant system design. This system works together with nature supporting the natural healing…

Mirror, mirror, in my mouth, tell me about my oral health

Studying the diseases and disorders affecting craniofacial tissues can provide scientists with models of systemic pathology. Because some craniofacial tissues such as bones, mucosa, muscles, joints, and nerve endings have counterparts in other parts of the body and these tissues are often more accessible to research analysis than deeper-lying tissues. Researchers studying craniofacial tissues can…