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Mich. health agency keeps eye on CT purchases

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A health planning agency in Western Michigan is considering a request for a dental CT scanner from a Mecosta County dental practice. If approved, it would become the seventh dental CT scanner in use in Western Michigan, according to a story in the Michigan Business Review.

January 17, 2011

Dental implant firm announces IPO terms

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

BioHorizons, a manufacturer of dental implants, said it expects to raise $90 million by offering 5.6 million shares at a price range of $15 to $17 in its initial public offering (IPO).

January 17, 2011

Ontario considers easing restrictions on dental CBCT

By Kathy Kincade

Health officials in Ontario, Canada, are considering revising a moratorium that prohibits any dental practitioner in the province who is not also an oral radiologist to buy or install cone-beam CT (CBCT) equipment.

January 17, 2011

Suni names new CEO

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Suni Medical Imaging has promoted Paul A. Tucker, currently the senior vice president of marketing, to the position of CEO.

January 17, 2011

Deconstructing the arguments against BPA

By Rod Franklin

The case against bisphenol A (BPA) as an estrogen-mimetic toxin is weakening, according to a presentation last week at the Rocky Mountain Dental Convention in Denver.

January 16, 2011

AAPHD applauds new fluoride recommendations

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD) supports the recent recommendation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency to set the optimal level for fluoride in drinking water at 0.7 parts per million.

January 13, 2011

Ask Marty: What is your experience with Dentrix VoicePro?

By Dr. Marty Jablow

A: Dentrix VoicePro 5.0 is a speech recognition tool that allows you to record chairside clinical charting, perio examinations, and clinical notes by speaking into a microphone.

January 12, 2011

Atom-probe tomography unravels tooth structure mysteries

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Using an atomic-scale imaging tool on a sea creature's tooth, two Northwestern University researchers have peeled away some of the mystery of organic and inorganic interfaces in tooth and bone structure.

January 12, 2011

U.S. marshals seize dental products from Fla. firm

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising healthcare professionals to discontinue using Rite-Dent products after U.S. marshals seized all dental products from the company's Florida facility in the wake of a series of manufacturing violations.

January 12, 2011

Argentine firm to store dental pulp stem cells

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Biocordcell Argentina, a Cord Blood America company, has launched a program to store dental pulp stem cells, the first stem cell storage bank in Argentina to offer this service.

January 12, 2011

Most N. American orthodontic programs include CBCT training

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The majority of postgraduate orthodontic programs in the U.S. and Canada has access to and regularly use cone-beam CT (CBCT) as part of their hands-on curriculum, according to a study in the Journal of Dental Education.

January 12, 2011

Ceramic restorations to top market by 2015

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

All-ceramic crown and bridge restorations fabricated with CAD/CAM technology will grow from 40% of overall ceramic unit share to almost 70% in 2015, according to new research by Millennium Research Group.

January 12, 2011

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