Regulatory Updates: Page 72

Align Technology can now market Invisalign in Japan

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Align Technology has received regulatory approval from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to promote and sell its Invisalign brand in the country, according to the company.

December 7, 2008

EFSA: Xylitol chewing gum reduces caries risk

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has come out in support of claims that chewing gum containing xylitol can help reduce the risk of caries.

November 23, 2008

FDA, ALD to host free symposium on dental lasers

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The U.S. FDA and the Academy of Laser Dentistry (ALD) will host a joint symposium on the uses of lasers and other light-based technologies in dentistry on December 8, 2008, at the FDA facility in Silver Spring, MD.

November 18, 2008

Minnesota hammers out regulations for superhygienists

By Rabia Mughal

A Minnesota health task force is drafting regulations for a new class of oral health workers whose job description will likely lie somewhere between that of a hygienist and a dentist. A May law mandated the creation of an oral health practitioner in Minnesota by January 1, 2011.

October 28, 2008

Pennsylvania board bars dentists from dating patients

By Kathy Kincade

New regulations regarding what constitutes "sexual misconduct" for Pennsylvania dental professionals have the state dental association up in arms. They say the rules are "onerous" and will hurt the recruitment of practitioners to a state that is already suffering a shortage.

October 26, 2008

Three Cadbury gums get ADA Seal of Acceptance

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Certain flavors of Cadbury's sugar-free chewing gums -- Trident, Dentyne Ice, and Stride -- have received the ADA Seal of Acceptance, according to a Cadbury press release.

October 19, 2008

Identity theft prevention programs now a must

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

New federal regulations will require most dentists who extend credit to or arrange credit for their patients to have a written identity theft prevention program in place by November 1, 2008.

October 8, 2008

EPA backs ADA's amalgam waste approach

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not be issuing any further regulation on mercury discharge from dental offices, according to a recent ADA news story.

September 25, 2008

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September 17, 2008

Biolase countersues National Laser Technology

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Biolase Technology has filed a counterclaim lawsuit against National Laser Technology, alleging violations of FDA regulations, federal trademark infringement, false designation of origin, unfair competition, and false advertising in a suit involving a range of alleged business practices and market access for dental lasers.

September 14, 2008

Bisco recalls self-adhesive resin cement

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Concerns about bond strength prompted Bisco Dental Products to issue a recall of its BisCem dual-cured self-adhesive resin cement, according to the FDA recall database.

September 8, 2008

Dentists offer help in gymnasts' age controversy

By Laird Harrison

Olympic gymnastics regulations lack teeth -- literally, according to some U.S. dentists. They argue that a panoramic x-ray could show whether Chinese gymnasts are old enough to participate in the competition.

August 18, 2008

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