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Columnist's implant claim stirs criticism

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Prominent health columnist Jane Brody's assertion that implants are always superior to bridges has stirred some controversy.

November 30, 2009

AMD Lasers launches academy

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

AMD Lasers has created an academy for instruction in the use of dental lasers called the International Center for Laser Education (ICLE).

November 30, 2009

Renishaw introduces laboratory mill

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Renishaw introduced its new Incise laboratory mill at the Dental Showcase exhibition held recently in Birmingham, UK.

November 29, 2009

Zirconia prostheses found as durable as metal

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Fixed dental prostheses with zirconia frameworks survived as long as those with metal frameworks in a randomized controlled clinical trial published in the current International Journal of Prosthodontics.

November 29, 2009

WHO tackles pollution from amalgams

By Laird Harrison

Concerned about mercury pollution, the World Health Organization (WHO) last week convened a meeting of experts to discuss possible new guidelines for the global use of dental amalgams.

November 23, 2009

AMD Lasers teams with Rosenthal on aesthetics

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

AMD Lasers announced this week a partnership with Larry Rosenthal, D.D.S., director of Aesthetic Advantage, which offers courses in cosmetic dentistry.

November 22, 2009

Small perio benefit found in iodine

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Povidone-iodine in combination with scaling and root planning (SRP) can reduce pocket depths of periodontitis patients more than SRP alone, according to a review article in the Journal of Periodontal Research (published online ahead of print, Nov. 9, 2009).

November 12, 2009

It's not amalgam's fault

By Helaine Smith, DMD, MBA

Amalgam proponents should spend less time defending amalgam and more time demanding better composites and learning how to properly handle them.

November 11, 2009

How platelet-rich plasma can enhance your implant cases

By Rosemary Frei, MSc

Dentists can easily harness the power of platelets to speed healing after dental implants are placed, according to James Rutkowski, D.M.D., Ph.D., at the annual American Academy of Implant Dentistry meeting this week.

November 11, 2009

Where did the mercury go?

By Rosemary Frei, MSc

A team of Canadian researchers used a synchrotron to analyze mercury levels in fresh amalgam fillings versus those in a 20-year-old filling. Their findings should appeal to dental amalgam proponents and foes alike.

November 10, 2009

Endodontics: Another use for the Diagnodent?

By Kathy Kincade

Think the Diagnodent is only good for helping to confirm the presence of caries or calculus? Think again. A new study in the Journal of Endodontics has found that laser fluorescence can also enhance the assessment of endodontic infection.

November 4, 2009

AMD Lasers: Picasso sales better than expected

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Sales of the Picasso soft tissue dental lasers have more than tripled expectations in the first year, AMD Lasers announced.

November 1, 2009

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