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Oragenics offers probiotic chew for kids

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Oragenics has launched EvoraKids, the first probiotic-based, all-natural oral care chewable created to promote oral health for children 3-10 years old. EvoraKids includes Oragenics' patent-pending ProBiora3 technology, specifically formulated for children to help maintain healthy teeth.

January 24, 2010

Will plasma jets 'replace' the handpiece?

By Laird Harrison

Physicists have been playing around with low-temperature plasma jets, a technology akin to a welder's arc, for over a decade. A recent study in which the jets were used in dentistry has spurred some publications to report that the technology will soon "replace the dentist's drill."

January 24, 2010

Patterson named sole U.S. distributor for ProDrive

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Effective January 20, Patterson Dental became the sole national distributor of the ProDrive System, a handpiece upgrade, ProDrive Systems announced. Patterson already has an exclusive agreement to distribute ProDrive products in Canada.

January 20, 2010

Oxidized implants found better for immediate load

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Immediate loading of implant-supported mandibular overdentures was more successful when the implants had oxidized surfaces than when they had machined surfaces in a study reported in the International Journal of Prosthodontics.

January 20, 2010

Komet supports breast cancer research

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Komet USA is supporting breast cancer research in the U.S. by selling new pink aluminum bur blocks with a ribbon laser-etched on the lid in 2010. For each sale, Komet will donate 10% of the retail price to fund breast cancer research.

January 13, 2010

Nobel Biocare partners with Ivoclar on CAD/CAM materials

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Nobel Biocare is partnering with Ivoclar Vivadent to expand its line of restorative and prosthetic products. Ivoclar Vivadent will supply Nobel Biocare with ceramic and acrylic materials that the company will use to launch "better veneering solutions, cost-effective treatment options, and complete solutions for edentulous indications."

January 13, 2010

Water fluoridation debate heats up in Louisiana town

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Opponents of water fluoridation in Walker, LA, are calling on the Board of Aldermen to reconsider a decision to inject fluoride into the town water supply.

January 12, 2010

Delcam updates CAD/CAM software

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Delcam has released Delcam Dental 2010 SP2, which enhances previous versions of the program used by laboratories for CAD/CAM production of restorations.

January 11, 2010

Zest Anchors now part of the Jordan Company

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Jordan Company announced that its Resolute Fund II has acquired 100% of the assets and business of Zest Anchors, a family-owned and operated manufacturer of dental attachments.

January 11, 2010

Study finds weaker margins with self-etch

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Restorations placed with etch-and-rinse adhesives had tighter margins than restorations placed with single-bottle self-etch adhesives in a study published online January 5 in Clinical Oral Investigations.

January 11, 2010

CR newsletter: Disinfect your preparations

By Laird Harrison

Before bandaging a wound, you apply an antibiotic ointment. Before probing a tooth, you sterilize your explorer. So should you also disinfect a tooth before placing the restoration? Rella Christensen, R.D.H., Ph.D., says yes.

January 10, 2010

New Save-A-Tooth patent enhances product design

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Phoenix Lazerus, the makers of Save-A-Tooth, has been granted a U.S. patent for an enhanced method of saving and storing knocked-out teeth.

January 7, 2010

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