Journal of the New Jersey Dental Association

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This brief manuscript is part of an educational evidence-based series intending to inform clinicians on most recent clinical findings. This article addresses five frequent questions on peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis while considering its epidemiology, diagnosis, etiology and management.

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Acetaminophen is one of the most commonly ingested medications both in the US and throughout the world. While generally considered to be one of the safer drugs on the market, life threatening hepatotoxicity occurs in patients who overdose, either intentionally or unintentionally, and fail to receive diagnosis and treatment in a timely manner. Prevention of overdose through proper patient education, coupled with timely recognition and treatment, is critical in patient management.

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The dual needs of 1) providing increasing oral healthcare for individuals with special needs, and 2) improving the economics of dental practice, are explored in a review of the State of New Jersey and its counties.

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When providing dental treatment, the dental clinician (DC) is expected to be knowledgeable in recognition and emergency management of an allergic response. Common manifestations of localized allergic responses can present as a rash or hives (urticaria), running of the nose, and swelling of the lips, eyes, face, respiratory and gastrointestinal mucosa. More critically, there is the potential for breathing difficulties from laryngeal swelling. Airway obstruction can be potentially life threatening.' Anaphylactic shock can be another serious reaction...

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As healthcare professionals, we deal daily with "aging"'factors relating to our patients' dental treatment planning (and to ourselves). We are all are expressions of our DNA-the long molecules in our cells' nuclei that contain our genes which determine how proteins will be made to express who we are. Although genetics can be a confusing subject to understand, when trying to understand DNA, perhaps consider that you Do Not Abandon learning some of the basics of genetics. In today's evolving world of medical science, there is a major focus on genetics and genomics; analyzing one's genetic makeup to help in diagnosing and managing disease, and prescribing of medications (pharmacogenetics/pharmacogenomics)...

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