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ProDrive gets patent for locking drive handpiece
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued ProDrive Systems a patent for its nonround dental bur and locking turbine. When engaged, the patented system prevents rotation of the bur inside the turbine, according to the company.
May 25, 2010
AAP urges practitioners to save natural dentition
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
As the field of dental implantology continues to have a significant effect on dental treatment planning, the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) recently reaffirmed its position that, whenever reasonable, efforts should be made to save a patient's natural dentition.
May 25, 2010
Growth factors used to grow new teeth
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers at Columbia University have claimed another advance in the quest to grow biological teeth that could eventually be used instead of implants.
May 24, 2010
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3D model may improve implant failure rates
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In an effort to find ways to reduce dental implant failure rates, a researcher from Griffith University has used computer modeling software to study the stress created in the mandible during and after the placement of titanium implants.
May 24, 2010
Study finds dentists sloppy with curing lights
By Laird Harrison
Many dentists may be using their curing lights badly, with some baking their patients' teeth and others leaving restorations uncured, a Dalhousie University study suggests. But the researchers think they have the solution.
May 24, 2010
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Biolase signs license deal with Procter & Gamble
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Biolase Technology has signed a license agreement with Procter & Gamble to market light-based oral care devices to dental professionals, the company announced.
May 23, 2010
Students develop low-cost dental suction device
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Five Rice University students have created a portable dental suction device, an inexpensive, battery-powered version of the vacuum system commonly used in dentists' offices.
May 23, 2010
UN mulls global amalgam restrictions
By Laird Harrison
Amalgam foes expect to square off against dentists' groups at a United Nations (UN) meeting in June in Stockholm, where representatives from around the world will try to draw up a legally binding international treaty on mercury reduction.
May 23, 2010
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Philadelphia tables amalgam debate
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Philadelphia Board of Health voted May 13 to table its discussion of proposed changes to a controversial ordinance requiring that dentists give patients specific information before placing amalgam restorations.
May 19, 2010
Komet offers larger dentin-preserving bur
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Komet USA has introduced a larger version of its CeraBur K1SM ceramic instrument, which is highly effective for minimally invasive drilling and preservation of healthy tooth structure, according to the company.
May 19, 2010
Discus, Zap drop fraud allegations against Biolase
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Discus Dental and Zap Lasers have filed an amended complaint related to their ongoing lawsuit against Biolase Technology that is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
May 19, 2010
Henry Schein debuts no-lube handpiece
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Henry Schein has introduced the Precision-Torque no-lube handpiece, with ceramic bearing technology for quiet, smooth, and extended operation with reduced maintenance, the company said.
May 18, 2010
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