2 publications

• Published Subscription 29 Mar 2019

  Dental Pulpotomy and the Public Health

  By Paul J. Flaer, Badri S., Kirsh E., Macajoux J., Daneshgar M., Ghadakzedeh S.

  Abstract: From a public health and disease prevention standpoint, tooth retention and oral health (on an individual basis) are the keys to decreasing morbidity and delaying mortality in the human lifetime. Root canal therapy is expensive and time consuming. When faced with the necessity of endodontic treatment for cosmetics, people will usually “find the money” to prevent extraction of an anterior tooth. However, molar root canals are even more expensive and …

  Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Dentistry · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 1–6 Read article →

• Published Subscription 26 Mar 2019

  Diagnostic and Treatment Factors in the Relationship of Co-occurring Bipolar Disorder and Diabetes

  By Paul J. Flaer, Badri S.

  Abstract: From an epidemiological standpoint, bipolar disorder and diabetes (Type II diabetes mellitus) exhibits high prevalence and universal distribution, found in men and women of all ages, races, ethnicities, cultures, and socioeconomic groups. Bipolar disorder and diabetes often present as co-occurring medical conditions along with characteristic metabolic, neurochemical, and neuroanatomical changes. The co-occurring conditions are associated with the increased morbidity, chronicity, lower treatment response, and premature mortality. Risk factors for these …

  Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Neuroscience · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 24–30 Read article →