Dental Hygiene: Page 330

Study links HPV to a third of oropharyngeal cancers
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
More than a third of patients with oropharyngeal cancers also carried antibodies to one of the key cancer-causing proteins of the human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
July 23, 2013
Phocal fluoride disks to enter U.S. market
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
National Distribution & Contracting, a network of independent medical and dental distributors, has formed a distribution agreement with Colldent to distribute Phocal fluoride disks in the U.S.
July 23, 2013
Walmart sponsors America's ToothFairy
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Walmart is now an underwriter of National Children's Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF): America's ToothFairy.
July 22, 2013
Tufts Univ. teams with Red Sox on oral cancer awareness
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Students and faculty from the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston offered oral cancer screenings, brochures, and free samples of toothpaste and toothbrushes donated by Tufts to fans at a recent Red Sox baseball game.
July 21, 2013
Gingival stem cells aid tissue regeneration
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Gingivae are an attractive source for stem cells can be used in tissue regeneration, according to a new study in the Journal of Dental Research.
July 17, 2013
ADA Alliance to help women, kids at annual session
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Alliance of the ADA is collecting at least 3,000 Head-to-Toe project kits, which it will donate to abused women and children during its annual meeting in New Orleans this fall.
July 17, 2013
Wash. dentist to pay $35M for unnecessary root canals
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A retired Washington state dentist must pay $35 million to 29 former patients after a court determined that he had performed thousands of unnecessary root canals over the course of three decades.
July 17, 2013
Self-adhesive composites not always ideal sealants
By Rob Goszkowski
Self-adhesive flowable composites have seen the list of indication they're used for expand since their introduction. But how do they perform as a pit-and-fissure sealant when compared with conventional sealants? Greek and Swiss researchers compared the performance of both types of materials to find out.
July 16, 2013
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Immunity proteins linked to head/neck cancers
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A group of proteins involved in immunity can also develop detrimental genetic mutations often found in cancers of the head and neck, bladder, cervix, breast, and lung, according to a new study in Nature Genetics.
July 16, 2013
Amann Girrbach offers nonprecious alloy for desktop milling
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Amann Girrbach America has launched Ceramill Sintron, a soft chrome cobalt (CrCo) that allows dental labs to dry mill nonprecious metal restorations in-house on desktop milling machines.
July 14, 2013
Measles virus could help treat head/neck cancer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
An innovative new combination treatment that uses the measles virus to target cancer cells could significantly improve treatment for colorectal carcinoma and head and neck cancer (HNC), according to a new study in Radiotherapy & Oncology.
July 14, 2013
New dental implant gives atrophic patients more options
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A new type of implant can benefit a wider range of patients, including those with degeneration of bone in the upper or lower mandible, according to a study in the Journal of Oral Implantology.
July 14, 2013
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