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NM offers aid to patients of nondentist
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The New Mexico Department of Health is offering free counseling and blood tests to those who received dental services in their homes or other nonclinic settings, particularly former patients of a man known as "El Dentista" and other names, including Eliver Kestler or Eliver Lopez.
May 20, 2013
Leaders in Dentistry: Dr. Ezra Cohen
By Donna Domino
Ezra Cohen, MD, an associate professor of medicine and the co-director of the head and neck cancer program at the University of Chicago, has spent much of his career studying head and neck, thyroid, and salivary gland cancers and therapies. What does he see as the next big advance in oral cancer diagnosis and treatment?
May 20, 2013
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Wide-area biopsy can detect esophageal dysplasia
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
CDx Diagnostics has released data that support the company's WATS3D (wide-area transepithelial sample biopsy with 3D analysis) as an additional surveillance tool to increase detection of dysplasia and Barrett's esophagus.
May 19, 2013
Genetic diversity predicts head/neck cancer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A new measure of the heterogeneity of cells within a tumor appears to predict treatment outcomes of patients with the most common type of head and neck cancer, according to a new study in Cancer.
May 19, 2013
Maine debates dental therapist bill; experts tackle implant complications
By Kathy Kincade
May 19, 2013
Will Maine be next to OK dental therapists?
By Donna Domino
Maine legislators have taken the first step toward allowing dental hygiene therapists to practice in the state. A committee approved the bill last week after increasing the amount of supervised training and limiting extractions to diseased permanent teeth.
May 19, 2013
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Implant complication symposium eases minds in San Francisco
By Rob Goszkowski
SAN FRANCISCO - Some 400 dental professionals attended Straumann's second symposium on dental implant complications, May 16-17. Peri-implantitis, soft-tissue complications, long-term implant complications, and prosthetic complications were among the topics covered.
May 16, 2013
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Biolase expands U.S. patent portfolio
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Biolase has been awarded two new patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
May 16, 2013
Canadian dentists blame lack of fluoridation for caries spike
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dentists in Alberta, Canada, are reporting a surge in pediatric caries after the city stopped fluoridating its drinking water two years ago.
May 15, 2013
Cancer patients face increased risk of bankruptcy
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Patients diagnosed with cancer are much more likely to declare bankruptcy than those without the disease, according to a new study in Health Affairs.
May 15, 2013
NSK Dental releases 45° dental handpiece
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
NSK Dental has introduced to the U.S. market the Ti-Max Z45L, a 45° electric, contra-angle dental handpiece.
May 15, 2013
Nobel Biocare disputes implant lawsuit settlement
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A proposed settlement of a lawsuit brought against Nobel Biocare regarding its NobelDirect dental implants has hit a snag.
May 14, 2013
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