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Modern Plastics introduces implantable material
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Modern Plastics has launched an implantable medical-grade material, MediPEEK-IM (polyetheretherketone), a high-performance semicrystalline thermoplastic designed for long-term body contact.
January 6, 2010
Christensen picks best restorative products
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In its most recent issue, Gordon J. Christensen Clinicians Report (CR) issued its annual list of best materials, devices, and techniques evaluated over the past year. Included were several restorative products to which the newsletter gave its check mark, indicating a best product from a comparison done by the CR researchers during 2009.
January 5, 2010
Kerr launches self-adhering flowable composite
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Kerr Dental has introduced its first self-adhering flowable composite, Vertise Flow.
January 3, 2010
2010 01 04 13 44 55 961 Vertise Flow Intro Kit 300
Man sues dentist over root canal
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A Chicago man is suing his dentist for allegedly performing an unnecessary root canal and tooth extraction.
December 29, 2009
Australian dentist sued for doing too many root canals
By Donna Domino
An Australian dentist who left a patient a "dental cripple" after performing unnecessary root canals on all 28 of the man's teeth has been fined $345,000 ($309,000 U.S.) and may lose his license.
December 28, 2009
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Organogenesis seeks FDA clearance for CelTx
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Organogenesis has filed a premarket approval application (PMA) with the FDA for its CelTx product, a living cellular construct for oral soft-tissue regeneration.
December 20, 2009
Financial concerns stall NJ water fluoridation efforts
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A bill to mandate fluoride in community drinking water recently cleared the New Jersey Senate health committee but may not be implemented because of economic concerns.
December 17, 2009
Virtual reality: An effective approach to pain control
By Rabia Mughal
Looking for a better way to keep patients comfortable during difficult procedures? A new study in JADA found that patients undergoing scaling and root planing preferred using virtual reality as a distraction method to control their pain.
December 15, 2009
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Researchers try customized implant technique
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers at Mid Sweden University, Uppsala University, and Mälarsjukhuset Hospital in Eskilstuna have developed a technique for customizing implants to each patient, according to a report in the Medical News.
December 14, 2009
California dental assistants take on restorations
By Laird Harrison
To the new classes of dental professional cropping up around the U.S., add one more: California's registered dental assistants in extended function 2. Starting January 1, they may have the widest scope of duties of any dental assistants in the country.
December 13, 2009
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Canadian Supreme Court rejects appeal on mercury fillings
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously rejected a legal appeal from a mother who claims that she and her children were harmed by mercury-based amalgam fillings according to news reports.
December 10, 2009
Reline, rebase, or remake: The denture dilemma
By Dr. Monica "mOe" Anderson
It's 4 p.m. on a Friday and Mr. Smith has just stormed in demanding another "adjustment" of his eight-year-old dentures. You've repeatedly recommended new, implant-retained overdentures, but he says he can't afford them. What's a doctor to do?
December 9, 2009
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