Implants: Page 109

BioHorizons inks $50M credit facility
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dental implant maker BioHorizons has closed on a five-year, $50 million subordinated secured credit facility provided by funds affiliated with Deerfield Management and Piper Jaffray & Co.
July 28, 2011
Biomet 3i implant aids primary stability
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Biomet 3i has introduced a new implant designed to help achieve primary stability and improve clinical success rates: the Osseotite 2 parallel walled implant.
July 27, 2011
Heraeus launches rewards program for Cigna dentists
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Heraeus Kulzer has launched a new Cigna Network Rewards Program for dentists contracted with Cigna. Through this program, participating dentists can receive select Heraeus products from the Venus Diamond and Venus White product lines free with the purchase of qualifying products.
July 27, 2011
Grant brings fluoride varnish to Los Angeles kids
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Cedars-Sinai Hospital's COACH for Kids and Their Families mobile medical program has been selected as one of 20 U.S. school-based programs to receive a $15,000 grant from the National Assembly on School-based Health Care to increase oral health services to students in underserved communities.
July 26, 2011
Are titanium implants safe?
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In response to concerns over the degradation of titanium implants, researchers from the University of Oviedo in Spain have developed a highly sensitive method to determine the levels of titanium in human blood (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, July 22, 2011).
July 25, 2011
Stem cells can relieve oral, orofacial pain
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells can suppress orofacial pain rapidly -- within one day of treatment -- by either IV injection of cells or direct injection of cells to the injured site, according to a study published online July 26 in Stem Cells.
July 25, 2011
Amalgam repairs as effective as replacements
By Rob Goszkowski
Too often, defective amalgam restorations are replaced instead of repaired, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Dental Association. Why aren't more dentists opting for a treatment that can be less expensive, preserves more tooth structure, and fares just as well in the long run?
July 25, 2011
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Dentists, labs cash in on record gold prices
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
With gold hitting a record high of $1,615 per ounce today, more dentists and laboratories are cashing in by sending their dental scrap to Heraeus Scrap Refining, the company said.
July 24, 2011
Komet introduces polishers for nonprecious metals
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In response to growing demand for economical restorations fabricated of nonprecious alloys, Komet USA has introduced the NEM polishers, a complement to the Komet cutters with NE/NEF toothing, which are particularly suitable for work on hard alloys.
July 24, 2011
Is standardization the key to CAD/CAM's future?
By Kathy Kincade
Dental Wings, a software developer and scanner manufacturer, is working with some of the leading providers of dental CAD/CAM equipment, materials, and services to help bring standardization to digital dentistry -- and remove barriers to adoption in the process.
July 21, 2011
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New Heraeus desensitizer gel enhances patient comfort
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Heraeus Kulzer has introduced Gluma Desensitizer PowerGel, designed to promote patient comfort during prophies, especially for those who've experienced sensitivity due to receding gums.
July 19, 2011
Biolase extends laser patent portfolio
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued three new patents to Biolase Technology related to the company's proprietary Er,Cr:YSGG and Er:YAG hard-tissue laser technology.
July 19, 2011
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