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Preop oral care reduces complications after cancer surgery
By Tony Edwards
We're learning more about how oral health can influence overall health, but can preoperative dental care reduce postoperative complications in patients undergoing cancer surgery? Researchers reviewed data from more than 500,000 patients to find out.
August 20, 2018
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Vigilant names new CEO
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Vigilant Biosciences has appointed William Brodie as its new CEO.
August 9, 2018
7 tips to ease the HPV talk with your patients
By Susan Maples, DDS
Does your practice struggle when it comes to talking about oral cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV) with patients? Dentist and health educator Dr. Susan Maples offers seven tips for how to start and have this lifesaving but sometimes difficult conversation.
July 23, 2018
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NYU researcher gets $950K to study oral cancer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has awarded a New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry researcher a five-year grant of $950,000 to study oral cancer pain and growth.
July 1, 2018
ADHA partners with CDC on antismoking campaign
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) has partnered with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on a campaign to educate the public about the harms of smoking.
June 21, 2018
Overall tobacco use down among U.S. students
By Theresa Pablos
The number of U.S. middle and high school students who use tobacco products has significantly dropped since 2011, according to new data from the U.S. government. However, more than 3 million students still regularly use electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products.
June 13, 2018
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Dental never events: Moving beyond wrong-tooth extraction
By Lori Roniger
Can you identify the "never events" in dentistry -- patient care incidents that safety experts agree should never happen? The concept of these never events is familiar in medicine, but its use in dentistry is more limited. An international team of researchers developed a list of dental never events that goes beyond wrong-tooth extraction.
May 22, 2018
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CDA Presents 2018: How a researcher took on Big Tobacco with a stolen drawer
By Theresa Pablos
ANAHEIM, CA - A secret laboratory, stolen desk drawer, and quick escape -- learn how addiction researcher Victor DeNoble, PhD, went from being an employee at one of the largest tobacco companies to testifying before Congress about the harms of cigarettes. He shared his story at the California Dental Association's CDA Presents 2018 meeting.
May 17, 2018
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JDR publishes issue on head and neck cancer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Journal of Dental Research (JDR) has published a special issue on head and neck cancer.
May 16, 2018
FDA plans to stop e-cigarette sales to kids
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a four-part plan of enforcement and regulatory steps to stop U.S. youth from having access to and using e-cigarettes.
April 23, 2018
How to talk with parents and kids about HPV vaccination
By Theresa Pablos
Have you talked to patients about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine today? The American Academy of Pediatrics hopes so. The association is leading the charge to get kids vaccinated against HPV, but it needs the help of dental professionals to succeed.
April 12, 2018
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FDA seeks comment on lowering nicotine levels
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the next step toward the goal of lowering the levels of nicotine in cigarettes to minimal or nonaddictive levels.
March 15, 2018
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