Oral medicine in academia

Oral Medicine

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a major inherited connective tissue disorder leading to an impaired extracellular matrix structure. Although several odontostomatologic signs have been reported, their diagnostic accuracy remains to be ascertained. We tested the hypothesis that EDS is associated with an abnormal reflectance of the oral mucosa. Twelve patients with EDS-II or EDS-III and 12 ageand ...

Suggestions for how academia can improve the health of medicine.

Oral MediciNe, Oral diagNOsis, Oral PathOlOgy

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Reclaiming academia from post-academia.

I s nanoscience the “first full embodiment of post-academic science”? Have many of the traditional core values of publicly funded university science been eroded to the point where they are now “part of a scientific mythology”? And is it “morally bankrupt” to draw a distinction between ‘pure’ and ‘applied’ science? These claims, which were all made in a recent commentary in Nature Nanotechnology...

Homeopathy in Dentistry and Oral Medicine: A review

Objectives: Homeopathy is the most important field of alternative medicine. At present, over 3000 organic medications have been registered in the homeopathy pharmacopeia; out of which, 70% have herbal, 20% have mineral and the remaining have animal origins. Evidence shows that homeopathy may be beneficial in dentistry and oral medicine. However, this is a less known field for dentists. Therefor...