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Calif. voters reject soda tax

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Voters in the Bay Area city of Richmond, CA, overwhelmingly rejected a proposed tax yesterday that would have made the city the first in the U.S. to tax businesses that sell sodas and other sugary drinks.

November 6, 2012

Time to add fluoride varnish to your bag of tricks?

By Sandy Shapiro, RDH

Despite its many proven advantages to improving dental health, fluoride varnish is still not used regularly in many U.S. dental offices. But a number of recent product improvements could change all that.

November 1, 2012

ADA 2012 kicks off with school-based dental screenings

By Donna Domino

SAN FRANCISCO - The ADA kicked off its annual meeting this week by having150 volunteer dentists, hygienists, and dental students provide 2,000 school children with oral health screenings, education, and treatment as part of the ADA's Give Kids A Smile program.

October 14, 2012

NCOHF awards SurgiTel grant to Ind. dental school

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The National Children's Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF) has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Indiana University School of Dentistry Pediatric Dentistry Department.

October 8, 2012

Home visits, phone calls reduce kids' caries rates

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Oral health education and support for mothers, including home visits and telephone calls, were found to reduce the caries rate in children to 2%, according to research by the University of Queensland and Queensland Health in Australia.

October 1, 2012

Study links rapid weight gain with perio disease risk in men

By Rabia Mughal

Several studies have shown that obese patients are at an increased risk for periodontal disease. Now a new study in the Journal of Dental Research has found that tracking adiposity changes in men may help predict their risk of periodontitis progression.

September 23, 2012

Oral-systemic link offers dental hygienists great opportunity

By Rabia Mughal

If dental hygienists don't integrate the growing evidence on the oral-systemic link into their practices, they will have forfeited a great opportunity to define themselves as healers rather than mechanics, according to Casey Hein, BSDH, at the Pacific Dental Hygiene Conference in San Francisco last week.

September 19, 2012

Study links BPA to childhood obesity

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Children and adolescents with higher concentrations of urinary bisphenol A (BPA) face had significantly increased odds of being obese, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

September 18, 2012

State regulations for child care centers weak on oral health

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Child care center regulations in most states don't support the health standards set by the American Academy of Pediatrics, missing opportunities to prevent dental caries and obesity among millions of young children, according to a study in Pediatric Dentistry.

September 17, 2012

Delta Dental tips help seniors maintain oral health

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

During National Healthy Aging Month this September, Delta Dental is advising older adults that practicing good oral health habits is more important than ever.

September 17, 2012

Fluoridation tested in 4 major U.S. cities this year

By Rob Goszkowski

The water fluoridation debate has heated up in 2012, with three major U.S. cities deciding in favor of it and another city's citizens set to vote on the practice in November. In each case, city councils and voters are faced with the question, "Which side's science is right?"

September 13, 2012

NYC bans large sugary drinks

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The New York City Board of Health has approved a measure proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, street carts, and movie theaters, according to a story in the New York Times.

September 12, 2012

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