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A 64-year-old woman came to the oral medicine service with a 1-month history of gingiva alterations associated with pain and weight loss. The patient had been evaluated by several health care professionals who prescribed antifungal and anti-inflammatory medications with no clinical response. In the medical history, the patient had reported herpes zoster (HZ) infection in …

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An orthodontic traction technique with a miniscrew-anchored cantilever spring was used for the traction of a deeply impacted maxillary third molar to substitute its adjacent second molar with severe root resorption.

Dentists in the United States frequently prescribe opioids for dental-related pain, although evidence shows superior efficacy of nonopioids for pain management. A national sample of US dentists was interviewed to understand the barriers and facilitators to opioid prescribing.

A 49-year-old woman was referred to an oral pathology practice for evaluation of swelling noted in the lower lip of 2 weeks duration. She stated that the swelling was preceded by a feeling of 2 areas of nodularity in the lower left labial mucosa 24 hours before its onset. The swelling was more marked on …

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Thanks to Dr. Alan S. Law and the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) for the letter and for the opportunity to respond to concerns regarding my article.

On reviewing the November 2021 JADA article titled, “Industry Payments Made to Academic Endodontists: Sex Differences and Other Insights Into Financial Relationships,” by Dr. S. Craig Rhodes (JADA. 2021[11]:909-918), I, writing on behalf of the American Association of Endodontists (AAE), felt compelled to write. I recognize the author as a respected fellow endodontist; however, I …

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The August 2021 JADA article titled “The Association Between Food Insecurity, Diet Quality, and Untreated Caries Among US Children (Bahanan L, Singhal A, Zhao Y, Scott T, Kaye E. JADA. 2021;152[8]:613-621) has 3 corrections:

The authors investigated the association between carotid artery calcifications (CACs) detected incidentally on dental cone-beam computed tomographic scans and positive diabetes status.

Many states have called on dentists to volunteer alongside other health care professionals (OHCPs) during the COVID-19 pandemic, introducing the question of when it is ethical for a dentist to broaden their scope of practice. Although a dentist’s obligatory role during spikes in infection should be emergency oral health care and public health awareness, OHCPs …

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Emergency department (ED) use for oral health care is a growing problem in the United States. The objective of the study was to describe spending on ED visits due to nontraumatic dental conditions (NTDCs) in the United States and to quantify changes in spending and its drivers.