Reuters (10/31, Rapaport) reported in continuing coverage that a study by researchers at Kyoto University in Japan found young children living in households with smokers were more likely to develop caries. The study found that children living with smokers were more than twice as likely to develop dental caries at three years of age than …
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The ADA News (10/27) reports that a survey of 12-17 year old youth finds “most who self-reported ever using tobacco started with a product with flavors including fruit or chocolate,” according to data in a research letter recently published online by The Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers say, “Consistent with national school-based estimates, …
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PRNewswire (10/29) carries a press release on a new study which “found that waterpipe smoking is associated with serious health problems affecting the head and neck region,” according to study author Teja Munshi, BDS, MPH of Rutgers University. Researchers found hookah or “waterpipe smoking to be associated with gum diseases, dry socket, oral cancer and …
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