Regulatory Updates: Page 32

Portable sleep apnea device gets FDA clearance

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Medical device company ResMed has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its AirMini portable continuous positive airway pressure device.

January 10, 2017

Calif. dental board publishes report on pediatric anesthesia

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Dental Board of California has published its Pediatric Anesthesia Study that examined California's present laws, regulations, and policies on dental sedation of pediatric patients and recommended changes.

January 3, 2017

Kerr launches new amalgam waste website

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Kerr has launched a website to provide information on the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards on the discharge of mercury and other metals in wastewater.

January 2, 2017

Top 5 news stories from 2016

By Tony Edwards

DrBicuspid.com takes a look back at the most-read news and clinical articles from 2016, as measured by page views. Popular topics included a lawsuit against three of the dental industry's largest companies, and the continued support for flossing by dental groups after the release of a critical report.

December 29, 2016

ADA asks for regulatory relief in letter to Trump

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

ADA President Gary Roberts and Executive Director Kathleen O'Loughlin have sent a letter to the incoming Donald Trump administration seeking regulatory reform to allow dental practices to "deliver oral healthcare services at an affordable price."

December 28, 2016

EPA finalizes dental amalgam rules

By Tony Edwards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized standards to reduce the discharge of mercury and other metals in wastewater from dental practices into municipal sewage treatment plants. While the rule will go into effect soon, the compliance date for most practices is not until the end of 2019.

December 15, 2016

New product: Rodo Medical abutment system gets FDA clearance

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dental device company Rodo Medical has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Rodo abutment system.

November 29, 2016

Head/neck cancer treatment gets FDA approval

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Bristol-Myers Squibb announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Opdivo intravenous injection for patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

November 10, 2016

CMS delays Medicare enrollment rule to 2019

By Theresa Pablos

Dentists may get a temporary reprieve from a U.S. government program designed to get a handle on the country's opiate crisis. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it has delayed by two years the date by which dentists must be enrolled with the government to be able to prescribe powerful Part D drugs such as opiates.

November 8, 2016

ADA vote allows specialists to practice outside specialty

By Donna Domino

Specialists will be able to practice outside their announced specialty, according to a resolution approved by the ADA House of Delegates during the 2016 annual meeting. The change was expected after a U.S. judge ruled earlier in 2016 that a Texas regulation barring dentists from advertising themselves as "specialists" was unconstitutional.

October 31, 2016

Calif. passes bill to track preventive dental services

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on September 25 that expands the state's required monitoring of preventive dental services.

September 27, 2016

Court: Ohio dentist's advertising lawsuit can proceed

By Donna Domino

An appellate court has ruled that a lawsuit filed by an Ohio dentist regarding advertising as a specialist can proceed. The suit focuses on an Ohio law that forbids dentists from advertising as specialists when they also perform general dentistry.

September 1, 2016

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