Dr. Douglas R. Dixon DMD, MSD, PHD
Periodontist | Periodontics
646 Swift Road Usa Dentac West Point NY, 10996About
Dr. Douglas Dixon practices Periodontics in West Point, NY. A periodontist is a dentist who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal disease, and in the placement of dental implants. Dr. Dixon has expertise in the treatment of oral inflammation and often treats problematic periodontal cases, such as those with severe gum disease or a complex medical history. Some treatments that Dr. Dixon provides are scaling and root planing and root surface debridement.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Clinical application of spiral tomography in anterior implant placement: case report.
- Modulation of the innate immune response within the periodontium.
- Commensal bacteria influence innate status within gingival tissues: a pilot study.
- Antimicrobial peptide inhibition of Porphyromonas gingivalis 381-induced hemagglutination is improved with a synthetic decapeptide.
- A modified tensionless gingival grafting technique using acellular dermal matrix.
- Evaluation of a compression resistant matrix for recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2.
- Effect of rhBMP-2 dose on bone formation/maturation in a rat critical-size calvarial defect model.
- THE BARIATRIC AIRWAY. It's not all about the intubation.
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