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Published: 19 August 2025Learn how to improve dental care, while brushing your teeth!
A personalised guide on your mobile phone that shows you exactly how to use your toothbrush, interdental brushes and dental floss is being developed by researchers at the Faculty of Odontology at Malmö University.
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Oral Health Country/Area Profile Project – CAPP
The Faculty of Odontology is responsible for a global dental health database, CAPP (former collaboration with WHO).
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Published: 9 December 2024Adding to the arsenal to fight oral bacteria
Gum disease and tooth decay are two of the most prevalent human diseases, affecting around three billion worldwide. These afflictions of the mouth are caused by the build-up of oral bacteria biofilms, commonly known as plaque. Left untreated, these...
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Published: 26 September 2024The key for longer lasting dental crowns
As it stands, ceramic materials are mainly used to repair damaged teeth, but what factors determine the loAngevity and potential loosening of dental restorations? This is one of the questions investigated in a new thesis.
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Jonas Becktor - Associate Professor/Specialist dentist/Section manager/Professor
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Susanna Gillborg - Doctoral student
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Published: 9 November 2023Lack of basic hygiene knowledge detrimental to root canal treatment
Good hygiene is an important factor for root canal surgery to be successful, and that is well known among specialist dentists. However, this is not the case in general dental care, shows new research.
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Published: 18 October 20233D X-ray not always necessary before wisdom teeth removal surgery
It has become increasingly common to use 3D X-rays, known as CBCT, to assess the position of the wisdom tooth in the lower jaw. But lowering the dose of radiation for such X-rays, or using panoramic radiographs, provide at least as good a basis for...
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Victoria Dawson - Senior lecturer/senior dental officer/Specialist dentist
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Minh Le - Lecturer
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