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Can consumer products improve patient hygiene and revenue?
By Tony Edwards
In a competitive and challenging marketplace, new ways of working with your patients to increase their compliance, improve their oral health, and help your practice thrive are needed. One solution is to bring consumer products into a practice. DrBicuspid.com talks with two established dentists who share their experiences of offering products in their practices.
April 10, 2014
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Seattle Mariners, DenMat offer players VELscope screenings
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month, and the Seattle Mariners and DenMat in partnership with LED Medical Diagnostics have teamed up to offer the players and staff VELscope Vx oral cancer screenings during spring training.
April 8, 2014
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PeriRx to launch saliva test to detect oral cancer, diabetes
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
PeriRx will launch its molecular saliva test that analyzes biomarkers to detect oral cancer and diabetes in late spring, the company announced.
April 7, 2014
New biomarker linked to better outcomes of HNC
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers have identified a new biomarker linked to better outcomes in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) and non-small cell lung cancer, according to a new study in Cancer.
April 1, 2014
Study: Plasma tool has potential for dental care, oral cancer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A new technique that uses atmospheric pressure plasma, a new radiation source, could be used for dental care and to treat oral cancer, according to a recent study.
April 1, 2014
OSAP offers infection-control publication, educational program
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) is offering the publication "Infection Control in Practice (ICIP) Team Huddle" through its SafestDentalVisit campaign as part of its 30th anniversary celebration.
March 31, 2014
Oral Cancer Foundation sponsors Oral Cancer Awareness Month
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Oral Cancer Foundation is leading a national awareness effort by encouraging dental practices across the U.S. to offer free oral cancer screenings during April for Oral Cancer Awareness Month.
March 31, 2014
Vigilant gets $2.3M for oral cancer test
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Vigilant Biosciences has received $2.3 million to develop its "rinse and spit" test for the early detection of oral cancer.
March 31, 2014
Researchers reverse bone loss in immune disorder
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Treating a rare, but life-threatening immune disorder required a group of researchers to abandon what they thought they knew about periodontitis. Now they've found a way to reverse bone loss for patients with leukocyte adhesion deficiency.
March 27, 2014
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U.K. water fluoridation cuts hospitalizations for tooth decay
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A new U.K. report has found that children living in areas with water fluoridation have less tooth decay and fewer hospitalizations than those living in areas without water fluoridation.
March 26, 2014
New device repairs bone damaged by cancer, periodontitis
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A new device by Norwegian researchers can help rebuild the faces of patients who have been disfigured by mandibular cancer and help patients with loose teeth caused by periodontitis. The process uses artificial bone scaffolding that determines where new bone tissue will grow.
March 23, 2014
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Scotland surgeries expose thousands to HIV, hepatitis
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Patients of two dental surgery practices in Ayrshire, Scotland, are being offered blood tests after an investigation of the practices' infection-control procedures.
March 18, 2014
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