High Fluoride Dentifrices for Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Does It Work and if So, Then Why?

High Fluoride Dentifrices for Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Does It Work and if So, Then Why?

The primary aim of this work is to present the available evidence that toothpastes containing >1,500 ppm fluoride (2,500-2,800 and 5,000 ppm F) provide an additional caries preventive effect on root caries lesions in elderly patients compared to traditional dentifrices (1,000-1,450 ppm F). The secondary aim of this paper is to discuss why high fluoride dentifrices in general should perform bett...

Allergen immunotherapy: does it work and, if so, how and for how long?

Background. Pollen immunotherapy is effective in selected patients with IgE-mediated seasonal allergic rhinitis, although it is questionable whether there is long-term benefit after the discontinuation of treatment. Methods. We conducted a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the discontinuation of immunotherapy for grass pollen allergy in patients in whom three to four years o...

Stem cell transplantation for stroke: does it work, and if so, how?

Discerning if your Elderly Client is Financially Incapacitated, and if so, then what?

The capacity to manage financial affairs is a fundamental aspect of individual autonomy in society and represents a cognitively complex set of knowledge and skills that are sadly particularly vulnerable to cognitive aging and

Does excess weight cause osteoarthritis and, if so, why?

Osteoarthritis is a slowly evolving degenerative disease affecting cartilage and bone. Like other chronic non-infectious diseases, its aetiology appears to be multifactorial and therefore preventable by risk factor modification. One ofthe best studied potentially modifiable risk factors is obesity. While this review will use the concepts of adiposity and weight interchangeably, it should be rec...