Dental Business: Page 432

Case against ClearCorrect stayed indefinitely
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas has granted ClearCorrect's request to stay a federal patent infringement case filed by competitor Align Technology.
June 27, 2012
IADR sessions examine dental fear and anxiety
By Donna Domino
Several presentations at the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) meeting last week in Brazil focused on dental fear and anxiety, including anxiety in children with toothaches, anxiety in patients undergoing implant surgery, and whether fear of pain is inherited.
June 27, 2012
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ADA addresses findings of PBS documentary
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In response to PBS's June 26 "Frontline" documentary "Dollars and Dentists," the ADA has released a statement expressing hope that examining the state of dental care in U.S. will lead to increased awareness about access-to-care issues.
June 26, 2012
Calif. kids' dental access bill advances
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Assembly Health Committee in California has voted unanimously in support of bill SB 694, which would authorize a study to test new workforce models with the goal of increasing access to dental care for California's children.
June 26, 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
Patient Activator automates voice reminders
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Patient Activator, 1-800-DENTIST's patient communications service, has released Live Call with Confirmation, automated appointment reminders recorded in the dentist's or front office staff's own voice.
June 26, 2012
FDA OKs test to ID blood-infection bacteria
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the marketing of the first nucleic acid test that can identify 12 different bacterial types known to cause bloodstream infections.
June 26, 2012
PBS documentary spotlights 'ruptured' oral care system
By Donna Domino
A documentary that aired last night on the PBS "Frontline" program took a long, hard look at a "ruptured" dental care system in which the poor have little access to care outside of jammed public clinics and hospital emergency rooms and are increasingly turning to corporate dental chains.
June 26, 2012
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Report: Lack of preventive dental coverage costs Fla. big
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A report by the Florida Public Health Institute has revealed that in 2010 there were 115,000 visits to the emergency room for dental conditions that were preventable at a cost of $88 million, Health News Florida reported.
June 26, 2012
Texas AG sues All Smiles alleging Medicaid fraud
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Texas Attorney General (AG) Greg Abbott has filed lawsuits against a dental chain and its owners this week after a yearlong investigation by News 8 at WFAA-TV in Dallas, the station reported.
June 25, 2012
Corporate dental chains see big profits in adults who can't afford care
By David Heath and Jill Rosenbaum
An investigative report by the Center for Public Integrity and the PBS "Frontline" program reveals how low-income adults can get locked into debt for dental treatment by corporate dental chains that target vulnerable populations. But the dental chains say they provide much-needed services to patients who typically can't afford them.
June 25, 2012
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Proposed U.S. dentistry reforms miss the mark
By William T. Brown, DDS
Two U.S. senators recently introduced legislation designed to overhaul the delivery of dental care across the country. But Dr. William T. Brown believes there is a more effective approach that the legislators overlooked: prevention.
June 25, 2012
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