Dental Hygiene: Page 383

Dental offices inconsistent in infection-control compliance

By Rabia Mughal

U.S. dental practices need to improve their compliance with and implementation of infection-control guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a study in the current Journal of the American Dental Association.

October 10, 2012

Judge stalls NY inmates' dental floss lawsuit

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The group of inmates in a New York prison who filed a $500 million lawsuit for lack of access to dental floss must demonstrate that their case has a chance of succeeding before a judge will appoint them a lawyer, Press Connects reported.

October 9, 2012

Study: Graphic smoking warnings work

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A new study suggests that graphic or emotional antismoking advertisements are effective, according to an article on Newswise.

October 9, 2012

Study: Age of titanium key to implant success

By Rob Goszkowski

In a new study in Implant Dentistry, researchers from Yonsei University in Korea and the University of California, Los Angeles warn dental professionals that titanium becomes significantly less effective at bonding to bone when it is as little as 4 weeks old.

October 9, 2012

New Cosmedent website offers tips on composites

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Cosmedent has launched dentalcomposites.com, a new website dedicated to composite dentistry.

October 8, 2012

UCLA gets $3.8M for saliva test to predict PTSD risk

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry, has been awarded a $3.8 million research grant to develop a salivary-biomarker approach for identifying individuals at risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression following a traumatic event.

October 8, 2012