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$100K donation to aid Utah sealant program
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Intermountain Healthcare is donating $100,000 to the nonprofit Sealants for Smiles to increase access to oral health education and preventive dental services for at-risk children in Utah.
January 16, 2013
Implant-placing technologies tested for accuracy
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Preoperative planning and positioning are essential steps to avoid complications for a patient receiving dental implants, such as damage to the mental nerve. A new study in the Journal of Oral Implantology compares the results of technologies for locating and measuring the anterior loop of the mental nerve with actual anatomic measurements on human cadavers (December 2012, Vol. 38:6, pp. 668-676).
January 15, 2013
Disturbing oral cancer trend; secondhand smoke and anesthesia
By Kathy Kincade
January 15, 2013
Leaders in Dentistry: Dr. Michael B. Prystowsky
By Donna Domino
What is driving the increase in oral and head and neck cancers associated with human papillomavirus, and what is the research community doing to try and reverse this trend? We talked with Michael B. Prystowsky, MD, PhD, a leading head and neck cancer researcher, to get his views.
January 15, 2013
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NM legislators to consider 2nd dental therapist bill
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A New Mexico health advocacy group is working to pass a bill to allow dental therapists to work throughout the state.
January 14, 2013
Shofu expands OneShot product line
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Shofu Dental has introduced OneShot Unilayer Porcelain, a next-generation ceramic material designed to improve productivity and aesthetic outcomes with a single-powder buildup process.
January 14, 2013
Study explores impact of secondhand smoke on GA for kids
By Rob Goszkowski
In light of the increasing use of general anesthesia (GA) for dental procedures in children, researchers at Ohio State University sought to explore the impact of secondhand smoke on their recovery. Recovery times, they learned, are longer for children exposed to it.
January 14, 2013
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'Toothbrush tree' yields antibiotic for new TB treatment
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A compound from the South African toothbrush tree commonly used to aid oral health may also be effective in helping to treat certain strains of tuberculosis (TB), according to a study in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
January 13, 2013
Scientists find new way to boost cancer drugs
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Shutting down a specific pathway in cancer cells appears to improve the ability of common drugs to wipe those cells out, according to new research from scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
January 13, 2013
More research points to link between HPV, oral cancer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
High-risk genotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV) can be a contributing factor to oral carcinogenesis, especially in younger individuals without known risk factors such as tobacco and alcohol, according to a new study in Oral Diseases.
January 13, 2013
DNA on dental pick gets man busted for robbery
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A Georgia man was arrested this week after his DNA was found to be a match for DNA taken from a dental floss pick dropped at the scene of an alleged 2010 armed robbery.
January 10, 2013
Porcelain/ceramic CDT code covers 3M ESPE Lava
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
3M ESPE's Lava Ultimate restorative now falls under the Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature's (CDT Code) broadened definition of porcelain/ceramic materials, thus allowing Lava Ultimate restorative to be classified as a porcelain/ceramic.
January 10, 2013
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