Regulatory Updates: Page 53

FDA issues guidance on dental CBCT
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created a new Web page designed to provide healthcare providers and the public with the latest information on the health and safety of dental cone-beam CT (CBCT).
August 14, 2012
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Colgate asked to drop whitening toothpaste claims
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus is recommending that Colgate-Palmolive discontinue certain marketing claims for its Optic White toothpaste, including "Same Whitening Ingredient as Strips."
August 13, 2012
FDA grants priority review for thyroid cancer drug
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a new drug application for cabozantinib as a treatment for patients with medullary thyroid cancer.
August 1, 2012
Ariz. updates rules for dentists and Botox
By Rabia Mughal
Dentists in Arizona can administer Botox and dermal fillers as long as it is part of a dental treatment plan, according to a Substantive Policy Statement update issued in June by the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners. But what about the associated aesthetic effects?
July 31, 2012
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Ill. adopts dental fee-capping legislation
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Illinois has become the latest state to block fee capping by dental insurance providers, according to the Academy of General Dentistry's state advocacy page.
July 29, 2012
Ariz. dentists can do Botox, dermal fillers
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Arizona dentists are now permitted to perform Botox and dermal filler procedures following a recent vote by the state's Board of Dental Examiners.
July 22, 2012
Colgate must discontinue misleading toothpaste ad in U.K.
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Advertising Standards Authority, an independent regulator of the advertising industry in the U.K., is taking issue with an advertisement for Colgate-Palmolive's Colgate Total toothpaste, according to an adjudication posted on its website.
July 18, 2012
Israel no longer allows dentists to offer Botox
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dentists in Israel have been administering Botox for years, but in a sudden and surprising move, the health ministry has forbidden its use, according to a news story on Ynetnews.com.
July 18, 2012
FDA workshop explores pediatric radiation dose
By Cynthia Keen
An initiative by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require improvements in medical devices for pediatric imaging was uniformly applauded by attendees at a daylong public workshop held July 16 on the FDA campus in Silver Spring, MD.
July 16, 2012
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Australia to provide HPV vaccinations for boys
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Australian minister for health has announced that, starting next school year, the government will provide free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations for 12- and 13-year-old boys through school-based programs under the National Immunization Program.
July 12, 2012
NC swiftly passes DSO compromise legislation
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Just days after a compromise on the regulatory oversight of contracts between dental service organizations (DSOs) and dentists was struck by groups representing DSOs and the North Carolina Dental Society, the resulting legislation has been swiftly passed by the North Carolina Legislature.
June 28, 2012
Legislation addresses U.S. drug shortage issues
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Healthcare Supply Chain Association (HSCA) is applauding U.S. Congress' passage of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (S. 3187), which is designed to help avoid prescription drug shortages and facilitate the recall of faulty medical devices.
June 26, 2012
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