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In a new study published in the Journal of Human Evolution, a team of Chinese paleoanthropologists reports the discovery of 21 fossilized teeth in the Hualongdong cave in southeastern China. The remains, estimated to be about 300,000 years old, show an unexpected blend of archaic and modern human features, suggesting either an unknown human lineage or a complex case of …

article fILE – Dental floss (Photo by: Universal Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) If you have a fear of needles, you may be in luck. A recent study, which administered vaccines via dental floss, is showing early promise, according to researchers in North Carolina.  No more jabs? The backstory: Earlier studies have shown the mouth is an effective place …

The patient: A 6-year-old girl in the West Bank The symptoms: The girl was brought to her primary dentist because she had a toothache near her back-right molars, along with a headache, swelling around her right eye, and a fever of 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius). She received acetaminophen to reduce her temperature and oral antibiotics to fight the …

5 things dental experts want you to do for healthy teeth and gums  The Washington Post Your mouth, your mirror: How oral health reflects total wellness  Canberra Daily Source link

Flu shot season is around the corner, and while injections remain the most common form of vaccination, scientists are working hard to find other ways to deliver inoculations that don’t involve shoving a needle into your flesh. And in a new study, researchers think they might have found another novel approach: dental floss. In the new work, a team of …

A fear of needles is a common reason for avoiding vaccines, even among many adults. Now researchers have come up with a rather clever alternative: dental floss. Led by a team from Texas Tech University, the researchers first identified an often overlooked surface in the mouth as an entry point for vaccines: the junctional epithelium (JE), which sits where the …