Regulatory Updates: Page 65

FTC charges NC dental board with anticompetitive conspiracy
By Kathy Kincade
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged the North Carolina dental board with anticompetitive conspiracy after the board sent out more than 40 letters ordering nondentists to stop providing teeth-whitening services and allegedly threatened others who were considering opening teeth-whitening businesses.
June 17, 2010
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Biolase gets Canadian OK for iLase
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Biolase has received clearance from the Health Canada Medical Devices Bureau to sell its iLase personal dental laser systems throughout Canada.
June 10, 2010
Louisiana mobile dentistry bill passes Senate
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Continuing a skirmish over the way dentists can practice in schools, the Louisiana Senate on June 10 passed a bill pushing the state's dental board to finalize regulations on mobile dentistry.
June 10, 2010
FDA advisory panel to review dental amalgam
June 9, 2010
Planmeca gets FDA nod for ProMax 3D Max
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Planmeca USA's ProMax 3D Max imaging system has received FDA 510(k) clearance and is now available to the U.S. dental market.
June 9, 2010
FDA advisory panel to review dental amalgam
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
After receiving several petitions raising concerns about the safety of dental amalgam and the adequacy of the clinical studies used to determine how it should be regulated, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will hold an advisory panel meeting December 14-15, 2010, to discuss scientific issues that may affect the regulation of amalgam.
June 9, 2010
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FDA clears ReDent's irrigation device
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) marketing clearance for the Vatea endodontic irrigation device by ReDent Nova to accompany its self-adjusting file (SAF).
June 7, 2010
U.S. insurance antitrust bill in limbo
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A bill that would repeal the U.S. insurance industry's exemption from federal antitrust regulations remains in limbo after its chief backer in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), was unable to insert it into the finance reform law.
June 3, 2010
Millennium wins CE Mark for PerioLase MVP-7
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Millennium Dental Technologies has received the CE Mark for its PerioLase MVP-7 Nd:YAG laser system, enabling the company to begin marketing the device in Europe.
June 2, 2010
EPA pressed to require amalgam separators
By Laird Harrison
A Congressional oversight panel is pressing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require that all dentists in the U.S. install amalgam separators in their offices.
June 1, 2010
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Wyo. dental board opposes teeth whitening in salon
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Wyoming Board of Dental Examiners has filed for an injunction against a tanning salon that offers to whiten customers' teeth, according to the Star-Tribune.
May 31, 2010
Maine dentists cry foul at state board meeting
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dentists testifying May 27 before the Maine Regulatory Fairness Board said they have been unfairly disciplined by the Maine Board of Dental Examiners following what they claim are false accusations made by patients, according to a story by TV station WCSH6.
May 27, 2010
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