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1st dentist appointed to EHR certification board
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has appointed Gregory Zeller, DDS, MS, to serve on its board of commissioners, starting January 1, 2011. Dr. Zeller is the first and only dentist currently on the 19-member board.
December 19, 2010
Institute of Medicine studying safety of EHRs
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Institute of Medicine's (IOM) Committee on Patient Safety and Health Information Technology met for the first time this week to begin discussing how best to regulate electronic health record (EHR) systems and ensure public safety, according to a story by the Center for Public Integrity.
December 16, 2010
Digital Doc LED light ring transforms intraoral camera
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The new Digital Doc Glo removable illumination ring turns the company's IRIS intraoral camera into an extraoral camera.
December 16, 2010
Komet carbide a top seller
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Komet is the fastest-growing carbide brand in the U.S. dental rotary market, according to Strategic Data Marketing's Dental Products Trial, Awareness and Penetration Study for the first half of 2010.
December 16, 2010
Canadian dental lab joins SensAble program
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Baluke Dental Studios of Toronto has joined the SensAble Authorized Production Center (SAPC) Program. SAPCs create fixed and removable dental restorations for their own dentists using the SensAble Dental Lab System.
December 16, 2010
AAOMR president: NY Times CBCT article hits the mark
By Allan Farman, BDS, MBA, PhD, DSc
The recent New York Times article that questions the safety of cone-beam CT (CBCT) should be applauded because it poses questions that are relevant to the safety of dentistry's most vulnerable patients when it comes to radiation exposure: children.
December 16, 2010
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Liberty teams with Vonata to enhance communication
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Liberty Dental Plan has selected Vonata's Smart Communications Engine platform to improve its member and provider communications.
December 15, 2010
FDA panel calls for more research of amalgam risks
By Mary Otto
Labeling for dental amalgam should more clearly inform dental practitioners and their patients of the potential risks posed by the mercury it contains, an expert panel advised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during the second day of a two-day public hearing this week.
December 15, 2010
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Fluoride study yields unexpected findings
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In a study that the authors describe as lending credence to the idiom, "by the skin of your teeth," scientists from Saarland University Hospital report that the protective shield fluoride forms on teeth is up to 100 times thinner than previously believed.
December 14, 2010
Study tests life span of a rotary file
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A single F2 file can be safely used to the working length of curved canals at least six times under reciprocating motion, according to a study in the Journal of Endodontics.
December 14, 2010
BonaDent announces $11M expansion in NY
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
BonaDent is embarking on an $11 million expansion of its dental laboratory operations in Seneca County, NY, to support its need for more space and to accommodate 90 new employees and equipment.
December 14, 2010
Oral surgeon sued after patient suffers stroke
By Rob Goszkowski
A Pennsylvania malpractice suit involving an oral surgeon's patient who suffered a massive stroke following multiple tooth extractions is expected to go to trial after testimony from two expert witnesses was deemed admissible by a federal judge.
December 13, 2010
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