Are Your Patients ready for a Robot Dentist?


A new survey indicates people would let a robotic dentist do some procedures on them but not others. In an online survey of more than 500 people, researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida asked people how they felt about the idea of robotic dentists.



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Royal Flying Doctor Service gets multi-million-dollar boost for mental health, dental care


The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has been saved from being forced to wind back its services due to a lack of funding. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made a visit to the RFDS base in Broken Hill this morning to announce $84 million for mental and dental care.


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Totally Smiles aims to be the Flight Centre of dentistry


The entrepreneurial chief executive of a roll-up of 52 dentistry practices expects the Totally Smiles brand to eventually become the "Flight Centre or Specsavers" of the $10 billion dentistry industry.


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People With Diabetes Get Fewer Dental Checkups


People with diabetes and prediabetes visit their dentists less often than people without these conditions, despite their greater need for dental care, researchers say.


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Metagenomics of early childhood oral health and early childhood caries


The supragingival oral microbiome is the fundamental pathogenetic element for dental caries development, including its severe, early-onset form -- early childhood caries (ECC). The supragingival biofilm likely harbors taxonomic and functional information that can be leveraged to inform 'precision dentistry' in early childhood.


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Cracked teeth: A more serious problem in 2018 than 1964


Problems related to cracked teeth are the third leading cause of tooth loss after caries and periodontal disease. Yet to this day, the management of cracked teeth has not received the attention it deserves—neither in dental schools nor continuing education.


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Perth Zoo sun bear Jamran gets dental check-up


Perth Zoo sun bear Jamran has been rescued from wildlife poachers and saved from ending up as soup. Now the bear has survived its latest challenge — a visit from the dentist.


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