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Leaders in Dentistry: A conversation with Dr. Joel Weaver
By Rob Goszkowski
Critical drug shortages, the safety of administering general anesthesia to very young patients, and state guidelines about which dentists can administer general anesthesia are all challenging aspects of dental anesthesiology. DrBicuspid.com spoke with Dr. Joel Weaver to get his perspective.
August 1, 2011
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MIS Implants names director of oral health division
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
MIS Implants has promoted Noel Wilford, RDH, to director of the company's oral health division.
July 31, 2011
OCO Biomedical gains Health Canada OK for implants
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dental implant manufacturer OCO Biomedical has received approval from Health Canada for the sale of class II dental implants.
July 31, 2011
BioHorizons inks $50M credit facility
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dental implant maker BioHorizons has closed on a five-year, $50 million subordinated secured credit facility provided by funds affiliated with Deerfield Management and Piper Jaffray & Co.
July 28, 2011
Dentsply confirms acquisition of AMD Lasers
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In a July 28 conference call with analysts and reporters to discuss Dentsply International's latest earnings release, Bret Wise, Dentsply's chairman and CEO, confirmed what had been rumored for several weeks: The company has acquired AMD Lasers.
July 28, 2011
Biomet 3i implant aids primary stability
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Biomet 3i has introduced a new implant designed to help achieve primary stability and improve clinical success rates: the Osseotite 2 parallel walled implant.
July 27, 2011
Heraeus launches rewards program for Cigna dentists
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Heraeus Kulzer has launched a new Cigna Network Rewards Program for dentists contracted with Cigna. Through this program, participating dentists can receive select Heraeus products from the Venus Diamond and Venus White product lines free with the purchase of qualifying products.
July 27, 2011
Grant brings fluoride varnish to Los Angeles kids
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Cedars-Sinai Hospital's COACH for Kids and Their Families mobile medical program has been selected as one of 20 U.S. school-based programs to receive a $15,000 grant from the National Assembly on School-based Health Care to increase oral health services to students in underserved communities.
July 26, 2011
Are titanium implants safe?
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In response to concerns over the degradation of titanium implants, researchers from the University of Oviedo in Spain have developed a highly sensitive method to determine the levels of titanium in human blood (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, July 22, 2011).
July 25, 2011
Stem cells can relieve oral, orofacial pain
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells can suppress orofacial pain rapidly -- within one day of treatment -- by either IV injection of cells or direct injection of cells to the injured site, according to a study published online July 26 in Stem Cells.
July 25, 2011
Amalgam repairs as effective as replacements
By Rob Goszkowski
Too often, defective amalgam restorations are replaced instead of repaired, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Dental Association. Why aren't more dentists opting for a treatment that can be less expensive, preserves more tooth structure, and fares just as well in the long run?
July 25, 2011
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Dentists, labs cash in on record gold prices
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
With gold hitting a record high of $1,615 per ounce today, more dentists and laboratories are cashing in by sending their dental scrap to Heraeus Scrap Refining, the company said.
July 24, 2011
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