Predictive dentistry: a study in carbohydrate metabolism.

The virtues of prediction in the so-called health sciences are well-known. There is still small but burgeoning interest in predictive medicine; little has been done in predictive dentistry. The evidence presented in this report suggests that carbohydrate metabolism may be utilized as a predictive instrument in dentistry.

Tissue tolerance to orthodontic banding. A study in carbohydrate metabolism.

Tissue tolerance to orthodontic banding was determined in a group of children in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry. Nonfasting blood glucose and three oral parameters--gingival state, clinical tooth mobility and labial debris--were determined before banding a mandibular lateral incisor and again one month later. Each subject received a multivitamin-trace mineral supplement or an indistinguishable placebo during that month.

Vitamin C and human wound healing.

Clinical studies provide evidence that wound healing in subjects judged not deficient in vitamin C can be significantly accelerated with supplements of this nutrient above the recommended daily allowance (RDA). The authors administered daily dosages of 500 to 3,000 mg., which is roughly 8 to 50 times the RDA of 60 mg.