Dental Hygiene: Page 506

Biolase launches e-commerce website

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Biolase Technology has developed an e-commerce website, the Biolase Store, for dentists using its products.

December 7, 2010

State dental groups question dental therapist qualifications

By Donna Domino

As the W.K. Kellogg Foundation begins rolling out a $16 million initiative to help five states develop midlevel provider programs, dental associations in those states remain unconvinced that this approach will be safe and effective.

December 7, 2010

Why smokers have more periodontitis but less inflammation

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A study led by investigators at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry may shed light on how tobacco smoke contributes to gum disease (Journal of Dental Research, November 1, 2010).

December 6, 2010

Smokeless tobacco firm settles oral cancer suit for $5M

By Donna Domino

U.S. Smokeless Tobacco has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a North Carolina man who died after chewing tobacco for 27 years. Experts say this is the first wrongful death settlement involving smokeless tobacco.

December 6, 2010

Dutch scientists claim breakthrough in plaque research

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dutch researchers say they have deciphered the structure and functional mechanism of the glucansucrase enzyme that is responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth, according to a new study published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This knowledge could stimulate the identification of substances that inhibit the enzyme.

December 6, 2010

Kerr launches self-etch bonding agent

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Kerr has expanded its OptiBond family of adhesives with OptiBond XTR, a self-etch, light-cure universal adhesive system.

December 6, 2010