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“Non-Surgical Antimicrobial Periodontal Therapy” —
A video lecture by Dr. Paul H. Keyes presenting his 30-year perspective on non-surgical periodontal therapy
“Taking the Bite Out of Gum Disease” — An Interview with Thomas Rams, D.D.S., M.H.S.
A Response to AARP Article — “Nothing to Smile About”
What Are You Brushing With?
Treatment of Juvenile Periodontitis With Microbiologically Modulated Periodontal Therapy (Keyes Technique)
Demonstration of the etiologic role of streptococci in experimental caries in the hamster
The Microbiology of Primary Dental Caries

“Non-Surgical Antimicrobial Periodontal Therapy” —
A video lecture by Dr. Paul H. Keyes presenting his 30-year perspective on non-surgical periodontal therapy

In 2006, Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore hosted a once in a lifetime course that will be remembered as a landmark in the annals of continuing dental education. World famous researchers and educators who practically invented Anti-Infective Periodontal Therapy all gathered together on one stage to present a joint course reviewing 30 years of research and the current state of the art. Dr. Paul H. Keyes, DDS, MS, Clinical Professor of Periodontology, Temple Univ. School of Dentistry, was one of these lecturers. » Read more

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Taking the Bite Out of Gum Disease” — An Interview with Thomas Rams, D.D.S., M.H.S.

Two decades ago, the Post first introduced the sage advice of Dr. Paul Keyes, a leading researcher at the NIH and pioneer of nonsurgical periodontal (gum) disease treatment to save one’s teeth. While then highly controversial, the Keyes Technique stressed that the best defense against periodontal disease is a good home oral hygiene program that included routine cleaning with baking soda, salt, and peroxide. Flash-forward to the present, and his preventive insights are timelier than ever. (Includes comprehensive home-care techniques!) » Read more

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A Response to AARP Article — “Nothing to Smile About”

In the September 2006 issue of the AARP Bulletin, Carole Fleck describes the problems many older persons experience in finding affordable dental care. She attributes their dental health problems either to lack of insurance or the inability to pay for services. She does not mention that dental health depends almost entirely on the self-care one uses to control oral infections, not on the fillings, crowns, bridges, root canals, etc. that are used to treat diseased teeth. » Read more

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What Are You Brushing With?

The primary dental health benefits attained by using a dentifrice are derived from its potential to disorganize, disperse, detoxify, and thereby decontaminate the pathogenic bacterial biofilms that colonize tooth-surfaces and gingival crevices. The mechanical action of brushing, flossing, tooth-picking, mouth-rinsing, and conventional irrigation can reduce bacterial biofilms somewhat, but these methods have no bactericidal action per se. This article describes several antibacterial dentifrices, including baking soda, table salt, glycerin, vinegar, cranberry juice, Neutrogena soap, and Clorox. It also explains numerous ways to use them alone or in combination. » Read more

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Treatment of Juvenile Periodontitis With Microbiologically Modulated Periodontal Therapy (Keyes Technique)

…These findings demonstrate that juvenile periodontitis patients can be treated successfully and maintained on a long-term basis without periodontal surgery when appropriate antimicrobial therapy is directed at the subgingival periodontopathic microbiota. » Read more

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Demonstration of the etiologic role of streptococci in experimental caries in the hamster

Dental caries was induced in ‘caries-inactive’ albino hamsters by oral inoculation of pure cultures of a streptococcus isolated from a caries lesion of a caries active hamster. A streptomycin-resistant mutant of this organism was used to demonstrate its presence in caries lesions and to trace the transmission of the labeled’ organisms between animals. [Citation of a 1960 paper by Fitzgerald R J & Keyes P H..] » Read more

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The Microbiology of Primary Dental Caries
(a paper dedicated to Paul H. Keyes and Robert J. Fitzgerald)

This review was conducted to evaluate the implication of certain microorganisms in the causation of human tooth decay. It examines the evidence concerning bacterial species identified in both early and current literature to be involved in tooth decay, whether originally from wild animal, experimental animal and/or human data. It also examines the source of this putative infection of humans. Attention is focused on the mutans streptococci, the sanguinis streptococci, other streptococci, the enterococci, the lactobacilli, and certain actinomycetes, all of which are resident in the human mouth. » Read more

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