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ADA 2014: Session focuses on best uses for established anesthetics, new anesthetics
By Donna Domino
SAN ANTONIO - The best uses of established local dental anesthetics, as well as the future use of nasal spray and long-acting anesthetics, were the focus of an opening-day session at the ADA 2014 annual meeting.
October 8, 2014
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CDA Presents: Pain control and its complexities
By Rob Goszkowski
During last week's California Dental Association's CDA Presents conference, Dr. Steven Ganzberg explained the complexities of pain management and how much of what we know about pain has been learned in the last 50 years.
September 10, 2014
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Va. dentist pleads guilty to drug charges
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A Virginia dentist has admitted to fraudulently obtaining hydrocodone and illegally distributing more than 2,500 of the pills.
August 27, 2014
Septodont donates to NCOHF
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Septodont has donated more than $138,000 in sealant and anesthesia reversal products to the National Children's Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF): America's ToothFairy program.
July 24, 2014
Researchers use nanoparticles to deliver drugs into teeth
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Maryland researchers are developing a less invasive technique to deliver medication directly into teeth. The treatment for pulpitis would use magnetic fields to move medication attached to nanoparticles through a tooth's dentin and into the pulp to treat infections.
July 21, 2014
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AAPD issues statement on FDA lidocaine alert
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety alert that oral viscous lidocaine 2% solution should not be used to treat infants and children with teething pain. In response to concerns expressed, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) has issued a statement to DrBicuspid.com.
June 30, 2014
FDA: Lidocaine for teething pain may be harmful
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Oral viscous lidocaine 2% solution should not be used to treat infants and children with teething pain, according to a safety alert issued on Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
June 25, 2014
NCPDP issues oral liquid medications guide
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) has issued a patient safety white paper on oral liquid medications dosing.
April 8, 2014
Are dental offices a source of cocaine adulterants?
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Injectable local anesthetics, especially lidocaine and benzocaine, are among the most common medications administered in the dental office, and there is a real potential for their diversion to illegal drug producers, according to a new article in the Journal of the American Dental Association.
March 3, 2014
Hawaii girl suffers brain damage during root canal surgery
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A 3-year-old girl in Hawaii suffered brain damage after she was allegedly given too much anesthesia during a root canal procedure by a dentist on Oahu.
December 12, 2013
Local anesthesia: Give it time or try a buffered anesthetic
By Rob Goszkowski
Dentists may be frustrated by their perceived failure at meeting the local anesthetic onset times described in dental school textbooks. A session at the recent Greater New York Dental Meeting explained why those expectations can be unrealistic and how to reduce onset times.
December 12, 2013
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FDA fast-tracks Lymphoseek for HNC detection
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast-track designation to Navidea Biopharmaceuticals' Lymphoseek injection for sentinel lymph node detection in head and neck cancer (HNC).
December 9, 2013
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