Tag: oral medicine

  • Campus & Community

    Blue light suppresses oral pathogens

    Scientists at the Forsyth Institute have found that blue light can be used to selectively suppress certain bacteria commonly associated with destructive gum disease. The research, published in the April Journal of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, suggests that light in the blue region of the visible spectrum might be useful in preventing, controlling, or treating…

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  • Science & Tech

    Bad dental health could affect military readiness

    Phillip Dexter Woods is a dentist and an Army reservist. Until he graduated in June 2002, Woods was also a student in a master’s program at the Harvard School of Public Health. As a student, Woods was particularly interested in studying the dental health of Army recruits and their resulting availability for deployment. What he…

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