A new study builds, in a sense, on the work of 1996 Ig Nobel economics prize winner Dr. Robert Genco [pictured here] of the University of Buffalo. Dr. Genco was honored then for his discovery that “financial strain is a risk indicator for destructive periodontal disease.” The new study is: “Academic stress as a risk […]
Tag: Teeth
Toothaker restores lost teeth
A University of Nebraska Medical Center press release (from 2002) tells the happy news about a dauntingly-named dentist: Randy Toothaker, D.D.S., center, holds an articulator, which allows a restorative dentist to study a patient’s replicated jaw movements in order to accurately design and fabricate a prostheses upon dental implants. In 2011, Dr. Toothaker is still […]
Use Caution When Using Teeth to Castrate Lambs
Lamb castration is not always the idyllic pastime that some people may think it is. The Centers for Disease Control issued the following alert: “Notes from the Field: Campylobacter jejuni Infections Associated with Sheep Castration — Wyoming, 2011“, Clay Van Houten, MS, Karl Musgrave, DVM, Kelly Weidenbach, MPH, Tracy Murphy, MD, Wanda Manley, MS, Wyoming […]
Teeth clenching and mathematics
New research from Japan suggests that there may be no harm in refraining from teeth-clenching whilst performing mathematical tasks. This finding is presented as a result of recent experiments at the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan. Twenty healthy participants performed four sets of hundred-square calculations as a mental […]