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We know that heart bypass surgery reroutes blood flow around clogged arteries. On the other end, carotid endarterectomy, the most commonly used stroke-prevention surgery, removes plaque in the carotid arteries, which supply blood to the brain. There is none denying the fact that both these surgeries are meant for better heart health. However, applying both these surgeries at the same time may prove fatal. This fact has been unveiled by a new study.

The study further reveals that patients who underwent both these surgeries at the same time, there chances of death or postoperative stroke were 38 percent higher than patients who went for these surgeries separately. Another fact that became known through this study states that men were more susceptible to postoperative death when compared to women.

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Baby teeth provide an important foundation for an adult smile.

So, parents need to be pro-active when it comes to their children’s teeth.

Dentists recommend kids have their first check-up at six to
twelve months, after their first tooth appears.

Even though baby teeth are only temporary, it is important to avoid cavities. Pediatric dentist Dr. Kaneta Lott says, “If the infection goes through the baby tooth it can infect the permanent tooth before the permanent tooth even forms.”

Doctor Lott uses sealants on some children’s teeth to protect them from decay.

She says sealants, combined with fluoride treatments and regular check-ups, offer the best protection for young teeth.

When Dr. Ashley Patnoe worked as a pediatric dentist for two years in Michigan, she saw plenty of cavities.

But what she saw after returning to West Virginia to practice in 2003 was startling: young children with rampant decay, poor oral hygiene and mouths full of rotted teeth that couldn’t be saved.

“It was horrific,” Patnoe said. “I had children who I needed to pull out their teeth, and they’re only 4 or 5 years old.”

Today, Patnoe and two dozen fellow dentists will take steps to improve children’s oral health across the Kanawha Valley.

They are offering free examinations to children as part of the American Dental Association’s fifth annual Give Kids a Smile Day. As many as 50 Kanawha Valley dental hygienists and dental assistants also plan to take part.

The free examinations will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bible Center Church, 111 Oakhurst Drive, just off Corridor G in Charleston.

After signing up for an examination, children will receive free dental care from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Feb. 2 at Smith & Smith Dental, 1501 Seventh Ave., on Charleston’s West Side. Children must attend the free screening at the Bible Center today to receive free care on Feb. 2.

The free dental services include X-rays, fillings, crowns, tooth sealants, cleanings and fluoride treatments.

“We’re targeting children between the ages of three and 12 who don’t have dental insurance,” Patnoe said. “We’re trying to target families who fall between the cracks. We won’t turn anyone away.”

Dental disease is the single most prevalent chronic childhood disease.

 

Imagine getting a breast cancer test at your dentist’s office. And the test can find cancer before it can be seen on a mammogram. That test is now here, invented by a Houston dental researcher.

Clinicians and investigators form all over the world are invited to submit an abstract for either a poster presentation or an oral presentation for the ITI Research competition.

Each of the six oral presentations will last 12 minutes followed by a 3-minute discussion session. Abstracts for the Research Session are to be prepared in English and submitted by December 31, 2006 via ITI website. Only abstracts that are submitted electronically using a specific form will be accepted for consideration.

A prize of $1500 will be awarded for the best oral and poster presentation on the basis of scientific merit.
All accepted speakers and poster presenters will attend the ITI World Symposium 2007 free of charge.

In their welcome message, Professor Dieter Weingart ITI President and Professor Daniel Buser Chairman of the Scientific Program Committee explained that “over almost two decades, with its regular World Symposium meetings, the ITI has built up an excellent reputation for bringing together the best of faculty from around the world to discuss questions that have strong topical value for practicing clinicians.
This year’s ITI World Symposium in New York is no exception. We have taken as our theme: “Reality and Myth in Clinical Implant Dentistry” to which we are applying the ITI ’s traditional scientific evidence-based approach. Today, we find ourselves in a progressively marketing-driven climate in which, with increasing frequency, attractive-sounding products are launched with the aid of a fine-sounding slogan from a quasi-scientific platform, but with little scientific substance to support the ambitious claims.
“Reality and Myth” makes our intentions clear: to differentiate clearly between the two on the basis of sound scientific evidence. Only those methods, treatments and approaches that have undergone the rigors of scientific investigation with consistent outcomes can be endorsed for use in daily practice. Compared to most other areas of medicine, the success rate in implant dentistry is so high that each new treatment and implant material must be measured against their exacting criteria.
The ITI World Symposium 2007 will offer many opportunities for participants to meet in discussion, to clarify open questions and to take mutual advantage of each other’s experience and knowledge.
Our exceptional faculty will take us through both theory and practice each day of this Symposium with both basic information as well as information drawn from clinical experience. Their goal in doing so is to differentiate clearly between reality and myth to the ultimate benefit of each patient.”

Details at: www.iti.org

As we know that some people are born with hole in their hearts, which is also known as Patent foramen ovale or PFO, scientists believe that this problem may give rise to migraines. Interestingly, they take heart surgery as the best way to wipe out migraine problem caused due to PFO. We should hope that people who are having migraine might have a sigh of relief if this problem is due to PFO.

However, I would also like to say that this study has some holes in itself, as it neither tells out the exact reason how PFO is linked to migraine nor it clarifies that for whom this surgery may bring relief from migraine and for whom not.

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