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Daimer releases new steam cleaner

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Daimer Industries is now selling the KleenJet Mega 500VP - ATIS, an antibacterial vacuum steam cleaner for dental offices.

September 12, 2013

IOH: Dental pros need to think outside the oral cavity

By Mary Otto

WASHINGTON, DC - Dental care providers need to start thinking in larger terms about the way oral health services will be delivered going forward and how the quality of those services will be measured, according to speakers at this week's Institute for Oral Health (IOH) conference.

September 12, 2013

Greek financial crisis prompts dentists to relocate

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Some 600 dentists have left Greece and relocated abroad the last four years due to the country's continuing financial crisis.

September 11, 2013

Conn. study finds vulnerable elderly lack dental care

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The findings of a recent survey of the oral health needs of vulnerable older adults living in Connecticut show that many are not receiving the dental care they need and untreated caries is a significant problem, especially for residents of long-term care facilities.

September 11, 2013

OHA: Older adults' oral health needs being ignored

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

To celebrate the launch of its annual Fall for Smiles campaign and bring attention to the lack of oral healthcare resources for older adults in the U.S., Oral Health America (OHA) and Oral Healthcare Can't Wait, an hosted a briefing entitled "A State of Decay: Coming of Age Without Oral Healthcare" in Washington, DC, on September 11.

September 11, 2013

U.S. Senate hearing spotlights America's dental care crisis

By Donna Domino

At a hearing on Capitol Hill today, a U.S. Senate subcommittee heard horror stories of parents pleading for help to get care for children crying from painful toothaches, restrictive state laws that prevent dental therapists from providing care, exorbitant costs for dental care and dental school tuition, and low Medicaid reimbursement rates.

September 11, 2013

Curve, Demandforce support 2-way integration

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Curve Dental is partnering with Demandforce to offer two-way integration between Curve Dental's management software and the Demandforce marketing and communication service.

September 11, 2013

Mydent launches Defend dealer ordering website

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Mydent International has developed an ordering website for healthcare professionals to conveniently place Defend dealer orders.

September 11, 2013

Univ. of Arkansas gets $500K donation for professorship

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Retired Little Rock, AR, otolaryngologist J. Floyd Kyser, MD, has given $500,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for a professorship to honor the surgeon who trained with him as a resident and went on to become an international leader in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at UAMS.

September 10, 2013

Psychologists can help dentists with aesthetic outcomes

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dentists need the support of health psychologists to enhance patients' satisfaction with their appearance before they embark on aesthetic dental procedures.

September 10, 2013

Sheri's Solutions: The walk-in patient

By Dr. Sheri Doniger

It was the end of the day on a recent Saturday when an elderly gentleman from the neighborhood became Dr. Sheri Doniger's first walk-in patient. But his visit offered some unique challenges, and she is still trying to figure out what she might have done differently.

September 9, 2013

New organization tackles dental care inequities

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A group of dentists have banded together to form Dentists for Oral Health Innovation, an organization focused on expanding patients' access to high-quality, cost-effective dental care through the use of advancing models and methods.

September 9, 2013

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