Dental Hygiene: Page 225

OraCoat releases new gel for xerostomia relief

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dental products company OraCoat has released a new version of XyliGel, a gel designed to provide relief from xerostomia symptoms.

November 15, 2016

CDC: Fewer U.S. adults smoke now than in 2005

By Tony Edwards

Does your patient population include adults ages 25 to 44 who didn't graduate from high school or earned a GED certificate? If so, these are your patients who are most likely to smoke cigarettes, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The good news is that the number of adult smokers has declined since 2005.

November 14, 2016

Dental school provides free checkups for and by vets

By Theresa Pablos

One California dental school celebrated Veterans Day by providing free oral health checkups for veterans. Several of the volunteers who conducted the screenings are attending dental school on military scholarships or are veterans themselves.

November 14, 2016

Week in Review: Does this rinse halt caries? Plus, election results and numbers that matter

By Tony Edwards

November 10, 2016

Head/neck cancer treatment gets FDA approval

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Bristol-Myers Squibb announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Opdivo intravenous injection for patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

November 10, 2016

Dental Excellence Awards nominating ending soon

By Tony Edwards

Join hundreds of your peers and colleagues in participating in the nominations process for the 2016 DrBicuspid.com Dental Excellence Awards. You only have until midnight on November 18 to make your voice heard and help honor researchers, companies, educators, and institutions that make dentistry stand out.

November 10, 2016

Are the holes in your schedule haunting you?

By Corinne Jameson-Kuehl, RDH

As the holidays approach, you want to have fewer, not more, holes in your schedule. However, as dental hygienist Corinne Jameson-Kuehl writes, it takes a concerted team effort to focus on scheduling. She offers practical ideas to help your office fill your slots.

November 9, 2016

Biolase continues to cut net loss in Q3

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Laser and CAD/CAM scanner company Biolase reported a net loss for its fiscal third quarter of 2016, but the company cut its loss compared with the same quarter of last year and the second quarter of this year.

November 9, 2016

Hygienists feel the time crunch when giving dietary advice

By Theresa Pablos

For hygienists, there's never enough time, including time to give dietary advice to patients. Although hygienists and dental therapists value the importance of nutrition counseling, they believe time is the No. 1 barrier to providing advice at the dental office, a new study has found.

November 9, 2016

U.S. elections: 4 soda taxes pass; 3 tobacco taxes fail

By Theresa Pablos, Tony Edwards

Election night in the U.S. saw four cities pass new taxes on soda and sugary beverages, while there were mixed results on tobacco tax measures. However, a proposition backed by the California Dental Association that included e-cigarettes in California's tobacco tax passed overwhelmingly.

November 8, 2016

Calif. clinic has water use ban lifted

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A ban on water use has been lifted for the Southern California clinic from which more than 50 children received treatment and then were later hospitalized with infections.

November 7, 2016

Long-time America's ToothFairy leader retires

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Fern Ingber, president and CEO of America's ToothFairy: National Children's Oral Health Foundation, has announced her retirement from the foundation.

November 7, 2016

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