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Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

By Donald Janoff, BDS, DDS, PhD (ABD), MBA Recent advancements in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine have made a dramatic clinical impact in the field of periodontics. Periodontics refers to a number of inflammatory diseases affecting the tissues that surround and support the teeth. Saving gum-tissue-growing bone around the teeth and implants is a major […]

What is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon?

By Alexander Germanis Functionality and aesthetics. Whether it is in regard to a car, a watch, or even a cell phone, it is not enough to most people that something performs its function properly, it is also important that it looks good while doing it. How much more do those concerns of function and aesthetics […]

Trauma: Is This the Reason I Feel the Way I Feel and Act the Way I Act?

By Tonya Bassett Trauma is a topic that captivates me. Over the last four years I have devoted my time and energy to understanding and unraveling the mysteries of trauma. After nearly a decade of work with individuals who were not improving or were continuing in self-harming behaviors, it became apparent that if the core […]