News tagged with tooth enamel
Water treatments alone not enough to combat fluorosis in Ethiopia
Increased intake of dietary calcium may be key to addressing widespread dental health problems faced by millions of rural residents in Ethiopia's remote, poverty-stricken Main Rift Valley, according to a new Duke University-led ...
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Nanocrystals make dentures shine
German chemists succeeded in producing a new kind of glass-ceramic with a nanocrystalline structure, which seems to be well suited to be used in dentistry due to their high strength and its optical characteristics. ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Teeth study shows big dinosaurs trekked for food
What did giant plant-munching dinosaurs do when they couldn't find enough to eat in the parched American West? They hit the road. An analysis of fossilized teeth adds further evidence that the long-necked ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Connecting the dots: Nanoscale approach to biomaterials
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine are piecing together the process of tooth enamel biomineralization, which could lead to novel nanoscale approaches to developing biomaterials. The findings ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Are my young children getting too much fluoride?
(AP) -- Could your youngster be getting too much fluoride? U.S. health officials think some young kids might be. They want to change the recommended levels of fluoride in drinking water, primarily to prevent a condition ca ...
Jan 07, 2011 |
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Eliminating tooth decay: Breakthrough in dental plaque research
Dutch professors Bauke Dijkstra and Lubbert Dijkhuizen have deciphered the structure and functional mechanism of the glucansucrase enzyme that is responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth. This knowledge will stimulate ...
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Lungfish teeth could hold key to better cars, planes
(PhysOrg.com) -- The tooth enamel of lungfish and garfish could provide the basis for new material to make lighter more efficient aircraft or vehicles, says a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) physics ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Identifying Eadgyth
When German archaeologists discovered bones in the tomb of Queen Eadgyth in Magdeburg Cathedral, they looked to Bristol to provide the crucial scientific evidence that the remains were indeed those of the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 26, 2010 |
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For your teeth, Thanksgiving dinner is a real food fight
If you're lucky, it will all be kisses and hugs around the Thanksgiving dinner table, with friends and family near and dear gathered about, and puppies gathered around your feet waiting for table scraps.
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Fluoride in water prevents adult tooth loss
Children drinking water with added fluoride helps dental health in adulthood decades later, a new study finds.
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Taking the temperature of a dinosaur
Tyrannosaurus rex is often portrayed as a cold-blooded killer, but whether the Cretaceous-era dinosaur actually had a slow, reptilian-like metabolism or a faster, more bird-like metabolism is still a mystery.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 24, 2010 |
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New study shows how giant tortoises, alligators thrived in High Arctic 50 million years ago
A new study of the High Arctic climate roughly 50 million years ago led by the University of Colorado at Boulder helps to explain how ancient alligators and giant tortoises were able to thrive on Ellesmere ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Genetic regulator opens new avenues to AIDS, immune system research
Researchers at Oregon State University and the California Institute of Technology have discovered that a genetic regulator which is critical to many life functions also plays a key role in the formation of "T cells," a type ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Humans have a mighty bite: Size matters, but efficiency matters more
The robust jaws and formidable teeth of some of our ancestors and ape cousins may suggest that humans are wimps when it comes to producing a powerful bite: but a new study has found the opposite is true, with ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Putting teeth into forensic science
In a large natural disaster, such as the Haitian earthquake earlier this year, or in an unsolved homicide case, knowing the birth date of an individual can guide forensic investigators to the correct identity ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 19, 2010 |
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