Regulatory Updates: Page 51

Purity toothpaste whitening claims 'misleading'
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that Purity Laboratories' Beverly Hills Formula whitening toothpaste ads exaggerate the time it takes to whiten teeth.
November 4, 2012
Canary system gets FDA clearance
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Quantum Dental Technologies Canary caries detection system is now available for sale in the U.S. after gaining 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
October 28, 2012
Kan. Dental Board puts license renewal online
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Kansas Dental Board is now recommending all dentists and hygienists renew their licenses online.
October 28, 2012
GDC report critical of Queen's University dental school
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The dental school at Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland, has been chastised by the U.K. regulatory body that oversees oral health professionals, according to a report from the BBC.
October 22, 2012
U.K. dentist told old magazines pose infection risk
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A U.K. dentist was told to get rid of old magazines in her waiting room because they posed an infection risk.
October 21, 2012
Accutron recalls nitrous oxide flow meters
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Accutron has voluntarily recalled the Ultra PC% cabinet-mount flow meter, used with nitrous oxide-oxygen sedation systems.
October 15, 2012
SC legislator calls for routine dental office inspections
By Donna Domino
A South Carolina lawmaker says the state should consider routine inspections of dental offices, as is done in 15 other states. But another legislator who's also a dentist questions the need for such inspections, saying several state agencies already oversee the facilities and respond to complaints.
October 14, 2012
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Dental offices inconsistent in infection-control compliance
By Rabia Mughal
U.S. dental practices need to improve their compliance with and implementation of infection-control guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a study in the current Journal of the American Dental Association.
October 10, 2012
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Teeth-whitening booth shut down at Okla. state fair
By Rabia Mughal
A temporary restraining order filed by the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry against a nondentist vendor providing teeth-whitening services at the Tulsa State Fair was granted by the state yesterday after investigators discovered that those providing the whitening services were not licensed to practice dentistry.
October 2, 2012
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Biolase gains FDA nod for diode laser
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Biolase has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CE Mark approval for its Epic 10 diode soft-tissue laser.
October 2, 2012
Milestone STA system computer gets regulatory OK in China
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Milestone Scientific has announced that China's State Food and Drug Administration has approved its Single Tooth Anesthesia (STA) system computer.
October 1, 2012
Rule change could curtail Maine kids' dental care
By Donna Domino
Changes to Maine's rules for school-based preventive dental care now require public health hygienists to contact a child's dentist if he or she was seen within the past year by the provider before the hygienist can provide any services. The state dental board says the change improves communication between providers, but others say it creates an unnecessary barrier to care.
September 30, 2012
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