Denver-area dentists are upselling invasive cleanings, PDS Health patients allege

The majority of the PDS Health-affiliated practices share a perception among former patients that the staff exaggerated their ...
DrBicuspid

Dental insurance tip: Treatment plans for scaling and root planing should include treatment prescriptions

We all know that treatment plans are a list of proposed procedures and treatments that must be presented to patients in a way they understand and agree to. Usually, the dentist or hygienist introduces ...
Nature

Systemic antimicrobials offer an additional benefit over scaling and root planing alone in the treatment of periodontitis

Data sources Medline, the Cochrane Oral Health Group Trials Register and EMbase were data sources. Reference lists from relevant articles were also hand-searched and a further search was made by hand ...
Nature

Limited evidence shows short-term benefit of probiotics when used as an adjunct to scaling and root planing in the treatment of chronic periodontitis

Medline, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Science Direct databases. Hand searches of the Journal of Clinical Periodontology, Journal of Periodontology, Journal of Periodontal ...
EurekAlert!

Essential dental treatment safe for pregnant women, says ADA journal study

CHICAGO, June 10, 2008 – Pregnant women can safely undergo essential dental treatment and receive topical and local anesthetics at 13 to 21 weeks gestation, says a study published in the June issue of ...