957 Sustainable saffron flower extract, the next generation of oral care ingredients for gum health and beauty

Telecommunications and the next generation internet for health care.

Issues for the next generation of health care cost analyses.

BACKGROUND Given the characteristics of health care expenditure/cost data-a mass of observations at zero, and skewed positive expenditures, various alternative estimators have been developed that can address the analytical issues these characteristics raise. The field continues to develop new approaches and to evaluate the performance of the existing ones. OBJECTIVES We discuss the strengths ...

Developing the next generation of leaders in oral health.

Given the challenges facing oral health providers as practitioners, community leaders, and educators, expanding dental curricula with an introductory course on leadership is timely and necessary. Such a course will sow the seeds of leadership by defining its importance in the dental profession and creating an understanding that the skills associated with leadership need to be developed over a l...

The oral health benefits of chewing gum.

The use of sugar-free gum provides a proven anti-caries benefit, but other oral health effects are less clearly elucidated. Chewing sugar-free chewing gum promotes a strong flow of stimulated saliva, which helps to provide a number of dental benefits: first, the higher flow rate promotes more rapid oral clearance of sugars; second, the high pH and buffering capacity of the stimulated saliva hel...

Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids: Potential Health and Beauty Ingredients

Human skin is constantly exposed to damaging ultraviolet radiation (UVR), which induces a number of acute and chronic disorders. To reduce the risk of UV-induced skin injury, people apply an additional external protection in the form of cosmetic products containing sunscreens. Nowadays, because of the use of some chemical filters raises a lot of controversies, research focuses on exploring nove...