Cancer and cancer treatment can make a person more susceptible to infection and increase the risk of gum disease. Alcohol affects oral defense mechanisms. Stress impairs the body's immune response to bacterial invasion.
Magnetometry. Detailed magnetic survey known as magnetometry is an effective and efficient geophysical survey technique used to define areas of past human activity by mapping spatial variations and contrast in the magnetic properties of soil, subsoil and bedrock.
Tonometry is a test to measure the pressure inside your eyes. The test is used to screen for glaucoma. There are many methods of testing for glaucoma. The most accurate method measures the force needed to flatten an area of the cornea. The surface of the eye is numbed with eye drops.