News tagged with demineralization

How to manage erosion caused by everyday beverages

Researchers have warned people to beware of the damage that acidic beverages have on teeth. Yet, for some, the damage and problems associated with drinking sodas, citric juices or certain tea may have already begun to take ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2




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Chew on this: 6 dental myths debunked

Brushing, flossing, and twice-yearly dental check-ups are standard for oral health care, but there are more health benefits to taking care of your pearly whites than most of us know. In a review article, a faculty member ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 05, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Children with special needs are at increased risk for oral disease

At the beginning of 2010, as many as 17 percent of children in the United States were reported as having special health care needs. Behavioral issues, developmental disorders, cognitive disorders, genetic disorders and systemic ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The pull of artificial gravity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although President Obama's vision for NASA's future calls for canceling the Constellation program that was intended to send humans to the moon by 2020, his proposed budget for the agency still ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Drinking tap water may help you avoid dentist's drill

Tooth decay affects children in the United States more than any other chronic infectious disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC states that tooth decay, if left untreated, can ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 5

Rare genetic disease successfully reversed using stem cell transplantation

A recent study by Scripps Research Institute scientists offers good news for families of children afflicted with the rare genetic disorder, cystinosis. In research that holds out hope for one day developing a potential therapy ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Open wide and say 'zap'

A group of researchers in Australia and Taiwan has developed a new way to analyze the health of human teeth using lasers. As described in the latest issue of Optics Express,, by measuring how the surface of a tooth respon ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers achieve major breakthrough with water desalination system

(PhysOrg.com) -- Concern over access to clean water is no longer just an issue for the developing world, as California faces its worst drought in recorded history. According to state's Department of Water Resources, supplies ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 7

Nanotechnology may increase longevity of dental fillings

Tooth-colored fillings may be more attractive than silver ones, but the bonds between the white filling and the tooth quickly age and degrade. A Medical College of Georgia researcher hopes a new nanotechnology ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists one step closer to stopping bone loss during spaceflight

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bone loss in long-duration spaceflight has been identified for decades as a significant problem affecting astronauts. More recently, scientists have found that the absence of gravity is causing astronauts ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Urea tanks on diesel trucks -- that's the law in the United States starting in 2010

Urea tanks will be standard equipment for most new diesel trucks, buses, cars, and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) manufactured in the United States after Jan. 1, 2010. An automotive grade of urea will be injected ...

Technology / Other

created Nov 10, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 0


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