Dental Hygiene: Page 439

Consuming canned soup linked to high BPA levels
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A new study has linked canned soup consumption with huge increases in urinary bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations.
November 22, 2011
Major League Baseball limits smokeless tobacco use
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Limits on smokeless tobacco use included in the new Major League Baseball contract represent a historic first step to protect the health of big league players and millions of young fans who look up to them.
November 21, 2011
U.S. oral cancer deaths decline; education a factor
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Mortality rates for U.S. patients with oral and pharyngeal cancer decreased from 1993 to 2007, according to a study in the Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery.
November 21, 2011
Study compares Diagnodent and Midwest Caries I.D.
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Diagnodent was more accurate than the Midwest Caries I.D. in determining when teeth were free of occlusal caries, while the Midwest Caries I.D. more often revealed the presence of occlusal caries, according to a study in Lasers in Medical Science.
November 21, 2011
Modern diet has prompted many orthodontic issues
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Many of the common orthodontic problems experienced by people in industrialized nations are due to their soft modern diet causing the mandible to grow too short and small relative to the size of their teeth, according to new research.
November 21, 2011
AAE leadership contributes to dental PAC
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
For the fourth year in a row, the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) Board of Directors became Capital Club members of the American Dental Political Action Committee (ADPAC).
November 20, 2011
W.Va. kids' program gets $105K fluoride varnish grant
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The West Virginia Kids Count program has received a $105,500 grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation to support a Medicaid policy to reimburse primary care providers for applying fluoride varnish to young children.
November 20, 2011
Researchers use NIH grant to study Sjögren's causes
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers at the Georgia Health Sciences University are using a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify what causes Sjögren's syndrome.
November 20, 2011
Sun Dental launches CAD design services
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Sun Dental Labs has introduced CAD design services that can be used for full zirconia crowns, bridges, and copings.
November 20, 2011
Dental antismoking campaign deemed a success
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A joint campaign by the Academy of General Dentistry and the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education showed that dental professionals helped smokers to stop, but also found that more therapeutic strategies are needed.
November 20, 2011
Texas woman accidentally burned during hygiene visit
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A Texas woman has been hospitalized for more than two weeks after a dental hygienist accidentally cleaned the patient's teeth with a chemical compound used to remove tartar and stains from dentures, according to a story in the Austin American-Statesman.
November 17, 2011
National Flossing Council debunks flossing research
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In honor of National Flossing Day, November 25, the National Flossing Council has released a white paper debunking two studies that claim only professional flossing is effective.
November 17, 2011
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