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UNEP, IADR, WHO hash out dental amalgam's future
By Rob Goszkowski
International health and research groups are hard at work trying to craft solutions to the need for better dental restorative materials as global efforts to phase down or outright ban the use of mercury -- and with it dental amalgam -- move forward.
January 27, 2013
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Team approach improves oral cancer outcomes
By Donna Domino
A cancer treatment center in Portland, OR, has created a unique multidisciplinary treatment program for patients with oral and head and neck cancers. The coordinated approach is seen as a better way to treat these patients, who often need expensive and complex dental rehabilitation.
January 24, 2013
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IAOMT offers dental amalgam phasedown information
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) has launched an educational program to assist countries worldwide with efforts to phase down the use of dental amalgam.
January 23, 2013
Treacher Collins blamed for Texas boy's death
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The death of a 10-year-old Texas boy following a routine dental procedure last September has been ruled accidental, caused by a genetic disorder that affects the structure of the face.
January 23, 2013
Beta-catenin molecule essential for tooth root formation
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Beta-catenin is required in odontoblasts for tooth root formation, according to a new study in the Journal of Dental Research.
January 23, 2013
Listerine, OHA team up for Swish Challenge
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Listerine is joining Oral Health America (OHA) to kick off the Listerine 21 Day Swish Challenge, designed to help provide dental care for at-risk children.
January 23, 2013
Start-up seeks funding for all-in-one toothbrush
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The company behind UltiBrush, an all-in-one toothbrush that includes toothpaste, floss, mirror, and a protective cap, is working to get the product into the market through the funding platform Kickstarter.
January 22, 2013
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3M ESPE's Changing Lives campaign a success
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
For 10 years, dentists have been using the 3M ESPE Filtek Supreme Universal line of dental composite, adding up to more than 400 million restorations placed using the material.
January 22, 2013
Penn Dental unveils new endodontic clinic
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine has opened the Syngcuk Kim Endodontic Clinic, a new facility for education, research, and clinical care.
January 22, 2013
Some facts about thyroid cancer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Over the past decade, thyroid cancer has become one of the most common cancer diagnoses in the U.S., with 55,000 new cases diagnosed annually, according to Eric Genden, MD, chairman of the otolaryngology/head and neck surgery department at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
January 22, 2013
DrBicuspid.com Restoratives Insider
By Rob Goszkowski
January 21, 2013
Diagnodent finds caries under composite restorations
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Diagnodent can be used to detect carious lesions under composite resin restorations, according to a study in Clinical Oral Investigations.
January 21, 2013
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