Medicare Card – Using Blood From Periodontal Disease to Screen for Diabetes. 

An NYU nursing-dental research team has found, that oral blood samples drawn from deep pockets of periodontal inflammation can be used to measure hemoglobin A1c.  Hemoglobin A1c blood glucose measures from oral blood compare well to those from finger-stick blood, the researchers say. The findings are from a study funded by an NYU CTSI grant … Read more

Stopping Gum Disease by Preventing Bacteria.

A study, published in the journal Microbiology suggests that Stripping some mouth bacteria of their access key to gangs of other pathogenic oral bacteria could help prevent gum disease and tooth loss. Oral bacteria called Treponema denticola frequently gang up in communities with other pathogenic oral bacteria to produce destructive dental plaque. This bacterial access … Read more

Medicare Card – Dentures

Study on the possible long term effects of using partial dentures.    There are advantages of having partial dentures such as the appearance, function and cost.  However according to dentists in China dental lab there are possible long term effects that one should be aware of.    Partial dentures has a long-term potential to cause … Read more

Why dental implants are considered a cosmetic dental service.

For many dental insurance companies dental implants fall under a cosmetic dental service or cosmetic dentistry.  The problem is that many dental insurance will not cover or offer benefits for this type of dental service.  One reason why that is the case, is that a general dentist normally do not provide implant services. In order … Read more

Medicare Card – Study Shows That Many Dentists Turn Down Children On Medicaid/Children’s Health

Insurance Program. In a study done by Joanna Bisgaier, MSW, from the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Dentists in the USA are much more likely to offer an appointment to children with private health insurance than those in the combined Medicaid/CHIP. Out of 170 paired calls to 85 dental practices, 41 of them … Read more