Dental Hygiene: Page 397

Plackers introduces floss for 'tight teeth'

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Plackers has released GentleSlide flossers for cleaning between closely spaced teeth.

July 29, 2012

U.K. dentists warned about stem cell scheme

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dentists in the U.K. are being warned about accepting money for recommending stem cell harvesting to their patients.

July 29, 2012

Is ATP production more caries-relevant than MS?

By Rob Goszkowski

A recent study in the Journal of the American Dental Association comparing risk assessment techniques for early childhood caries found a mutans streptococci (MS) culture to be the most effective. But is a newer method more effective?

July 29, 2012

Aspirin reduces risk of Barrett's esophagus

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Aspirin use appears to reduce the risk of Barrett's esophagus, the largest known risk factor for esophageal cancer, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

July 29, 2012

Nanocomposite shows promise for dental applications

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Iranian researchers have developed a type of porous silica nanomaterial that could serve as a filling agent for dental composites.

July 29, 2012

Robotic surgery promising for head/neck cancer

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine presented the outcomes of robotic surgery in tobacco users with head and neck cancer at the American Head and Neck Society annual meeting, which was held July 21-25 in Toronto.

July 26, 2012

Do composite materials change color after polymerization?

By Rabia Mughal

A new study that examined the color stability of 10 resin-based restorative materials has found that clinically relevant color changes occurred immediately after polymerization, but after one month the color changes were negligible.

July 25, 2012

Milwaukee to continue fluoridating water supply

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Milwaukee's Common Council on July 24 agreed to direct the Milwaukee Water Works to continue fluoridating the city's drinking water but with a lower concentration of fluoride.

July 24, 2012

New York City's proposed ban on big sugary sodas draws heated debate

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on large sodas is expected to pass in September, but that didn't deter hundreds who showed up on Tuesday either to praise the measure as a way to battle obesity or oppose it as pointless and unfair.

July 23, 2012

Electrochemotherapy fares well in SCCHN study

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Electrochemotherapy appears to be safe and comparable to surgery in achieving control in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN), according to data presented this week at the International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer in Toronto.

July 23, 2012

Will Europe ban dental mercury by 2018?

By Kathy Kincade

A new European Commission report recommends phasing out dental amalgam use in the next five years and improving enforcement of existing European Union (EU) waste legislation to reduce the environmental impact of mercury across the EU.

July 23, 2012

Biolase unveils technology and training center

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Biolase has opened a technology and training center at its corporate headquarters in Irvine, CA.

July 23, 2012

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