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HealthDay News
U.S. middle school and high school coaches may not be sufficiently trained and equipped to quickly recognize concussions in student athletes, two new studies suggest. Without solid concussion training, coaches may mishandle a student's head injury, experts said.
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Migraine associated with concussion appears to be more prevalent among young athletes than is currently appreciated, two new studies suggest. In a survey of 74 high school football players, a third each reported having a history of previous concussion and of migraine. In the other study, an examination of 25 children and adolescents with sports-related concussion, over two-thirds had symptoms consistent with migraine.
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Medical Daily
According to a recent survey released earlier this week, plenty of people are fibbing about flossing to our dentists — 27 percent, to be exact. And more than a third would rather partake in enjoyable activities like doing the dishes, listening to a screaming kid on an airplane or sitting in traffic than regularly scrape between their teeth.
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Dentistry IQ
In the post-recession dental economy, the success of your practice depends heavily on how well you communicate with patients. From scheduling to case acceptance, generating referrals to collections, you and your team need to motivate patients to consent, accept, endorse and comply. Scripting has proven to be an invaluable technique for accomplishing this, and Levin Group's result-oriented "Value Scripting" sets the standard for effective and motivational communication.
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Dental Practice Management
In your dental practice, you and your team should strive to become customer service role models, not just in the oral care profession, but in your entire community. After all, patients are judging your office not only in comparison with other dental and medical practices, but also with all the stores, restaurants and other retail businesses they encounter.
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Dental Economics
When it comes to treatment, digital dentistry gives us the option for digital impressions and chairside CAD/CAM milling. This can deliver restorations with the benefit of complete, step-by-step control. We have immediate access to emergence profiles, marginal ridge heights and precise occlusal stops. In addition, we can send the virtual impressions directly to the laboratory and have unprecedented two-way communication with our lab technician colleagues.
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Dentistry IQ
In a recent study published in the Journal of Periodontology, Brazilian researchers have found that consumption of alcoholic beverages can have adverse effects on the health of a person's gums, aggravating existing cases of severe periodontal disease or increasing periodontal disease risk factors. Moreover, previous research indicates that poor oral hygiene is a common trait in alcohol users, thus increasing drinkers' susceptibility for developing periodontal disease.
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dailyRx
Many teen girls play hard in school sports, and that's a good thing. Unfortunately, they may be more likely than boys to be injured. A new study found that teen girls were at much higher risk of overuse injuries than boys. Track injuries led the pack for teen girls who played sports.
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Dental Tribune International
A recently data brief details the results of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2012. The data indicates that approximately 91 percent of adult Americans between the ages of 20 and 64 have dental caries. The high prevalence of the caries underscores the importance of preventive oral health care, according to the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA).
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