Aragonite toothpaste for management of dental calculus: A double-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial. [PDF]
Clin Exp Dent Res, 2022 Aragonite from animal origin such as cuttlefish bone powder is an abrasive with hardness properties ideal for calculus removal. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to test the efficacy of a cuttlebone‐derived aragonite toothpaste in ...
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Heritage-specific oral microbiota in Indigenous Australian dental calculus. [PDF]
Evol Med Public Health, 2022 Background and objectives Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders (hereafter respectfully referred to as Indigenous Australians) experience a high burden of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Handsley-Davis M +7 more
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Ancient dental calculus preserves signatures of biofilm succession and interindividual variation independent of dental pathology. [PDF]
PNAS Nexus, 2022 Dental calculus preserves oral microbes, enabling comparative studies of the oral microbiome and health through time. However, small sample sizes and limited dental health metadata have hindered health-focused investigations to date.
Velsko IM +12 more
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An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome research. [PDF]
Data BriefStandeven FJ +12 more
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Dental calculus in the industrial age: Human dental calculus in the Post-Medieval period, a case study from industrial Manchester. [PDF]
Quat Int, 2023 MacKenzie L +4 more
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Investigating Plant Micro-Remains Embedded in Dental Calculus of the Phoenician Inhabitants of Motya (Sicily, Italy) [PDF]
Plants, 2020 Plant records reveal remarkable evidence about past environments and human cultures. Exploiting dental calculus analysis and using a combined approach of microscopy and gas chromatography mass spectrometry, our research outlines dietary ecology and ...
Alessia D’Agostino +5 more
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Tracking the transition to agriculture in Southern Europe through ancient DNA analysis of dental calculus. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021 Significance The oral microbial community living in symbiosis with humans is a rich and diverse driver of health and disease that is strongly influenced by our ecology and lifestyle. However, its evolution across human prehistory remains elusive.
Ottoni C +10 more
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Dental calculus-a reservoir for detection of past SARS-CoV-2 infection. [PDF]
Clin Oral Investig, 2021 Dear Sir/Madame, The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak left all the scientific and medical community with tremendous doubts and difficulties in managing both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, especially in case of seronegativity [1, 2].
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Dental Calculus Arrest of Dental Caries [PDF]
Journal of Oral Biology, 2016 An inverse relationship between dental calculus mineralization and dental caries demineralization on teeth has been noted in some studies. Dental calculus may even form superficial layers over existing dental caries and arrest their progression, but this phenomenon has been only rarely documented and infrequently considered in the field of Cariology ...
Paul H. Keyes, Thomas E. Rams
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