Bone grafting is one of the most valuable adjuncts for preserving bone and preparing for prosthetics. It is the only solution to reverse dental bone loss and is a well-accepted procedure required in 1 ...

Tooth loss and bone degeneration are problems that modern medicine still struggles to fix. Data from the National Bone Health Policy Institute shows that 10 million Americans over the age of 50 have ...

Sustained hypoxia affects orthodontic tooth movement (OTM) by altering osteoclast and osteoblast differentiation, report researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan. Hypoxic conditions ...

Dental caries, or tooth decay, is a common oral health condition that often causes significant pain and discomfort and may even lead to tooth loss. In severe and untreated cases, bacterial infection ...

William “Ed” Carruthers, 73, was on vacation in Arizona when he noticed some pain in his back. He thought it was an injury to a disc in his spine. Three weeks later, when Carruthers got his blood work ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute is celebrating after successfully completing a bone marrow transplant so rare it has not been done at the facility in over a decade.

Each year, about 2.2 million bone-grafting procedures are performed worldwide, the gold standard of care being autografting, which uses the patient's own bone for tooth implantation and to repair and ...

A group of researchers from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry are making progress in their efforts to create a better bone graft in the lab, despite autografting's disadvantages, which ...

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Love Heals Free Clinic will offer free health checks to anyone who may be in need this weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 17 from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., residents can ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox for free every month. The word “fossil” is one that I type out rather ...