Do Overweight Kids Have Fewer Caries?
May 08, 2008
Interesting research reported in the current issue of Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology indicates that overweight children may have fewer caries that their counterparts of normal weight.
The study analyzed data from nearly 18,000 children who participated in two separate major surveys that were part of the large and ongoing National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. In younger children (aged 2-5) there were no differences in rates of dental caries. However, among the older children (aged 6-18), both those who were at risk of becoming overweight and those who were already overweight had less tooth decay.
To read the article in full, click in the hyperlinked journal title above. The Health Sciences Library has an online subscription to Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. For a full listing of online dental journals, visit our e-journals page.
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Looking for Information on Bisphenol A and its use in dental sealants?
April 29, 2008
Bisphenol A (BPA) seems to be in the news quite a bit lately, including its use in dental sealants. Here are a few resources for doing some investigating on your own.
ADA Statement on BPA and Sealants
National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
Try a search of Bisphenol A in TOXNET. A toxicology database maintained by the National Library of Medicine
In PubMed, try a literature search by entering Bisphenol A AND dental sealants into the search box.
BIOSIS and Engineering Village are also great resources, to research the topic Bisphenol A AND dental sealants.
Please feel free to contact me anytime for help searching this or any other topic.
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Controversial Dental Clinics in Remote Parts of Alaska
April 28, 2008
This article is from the New York Times. I thought that it may be of interest...
Dental Clinics, Meeting a Need With No Dentist
UNALAKLEET, Alaska — The dental clinic in this village on the edge of the Bering Sea looks like any other, with four chairs, a well-scrubbed floor and a waiting area filled with magazines.
But to the Alaska Dental Society and the American Dental Association, the clinic is a place where the rules of dentistry are flouted daily. The dental groups object not because of any evidence that the clinic provides substandard care, but because it is run by Aurora Johnson, who is not a dentist. After two years of training in a program unique to Alaska, Ms. Johnson performs basic dental work like drilling and filling cavities. Read More
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UB HSL's YouTube Channel
April 25, 2008
The Health Sciences Library has recently started a YouTube channel with a variety of tutorials and answers to FAQs. If you want me to answer your question in video format, let me know. I'd be happy to do it.
Right now 5 videos have been posted:
Using EndNote's Online Search with PubMed
Using EndNote with Ovid Medline
Configuring Google Scholar to Work with EndNote
Document Express: Intercampus Delivery Service
ILLiad: Interlibrary Loan for UB Faculty, Staff & Students
There will be more to come! Stay tuned.
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Open Wide: Pioneer Dentist Gets His Due
April 16, 2008
This is from the New York Times....
When, as a child, I heard grandiose tales of my great-grandfather the dentist, I could have been forgiven for thinking that before he came along, dentistry was like something out of a sepia-toned comic skit, with mallet as sedative and crude pliers for extraction. And his arrival, in my imagination, instantly brought the modern dental office.
But in this case, I was to learn, hyperbole and fact were surprisingly close cousins. For when I mention that fabled ancestor, G. V. Black, to dentists, roles are reversed and their jaws drop (though this has yet to translate into a free root canal). His statue stands in Lincoln Park in Chicago. And the reproduced office of the man considered “the father of modern dentistry” is a central feature of the National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore." READ ON
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Wiki'fied Dentistry Resources
April 09, 2008
Looking for a concise guide to the dental literature? Look no further than the HSL Wiki Farm! The Dentistry Resources wiki provides a listing of useful sources to help simplify your literature search. But, don't stop at Dentistry Resources, there are other valuable wikis that may helpful, including: Finding Health Statistics, Cultural Competence Resources, and Tips on Finding Journals at HSL.
I'd like to thank DLIS student Liz Thomann for her invaluable help in gathering links and putting the wiki together.
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