Orofacial Pain: Page 72

Utah ponders role of Botox in dentistry

By Rob Goszkowski

Utah's guidelines for the use of Botox, limited to intraoral indications for dentists and extraoral for oral surgeons, are dated compared with other states. But is there enough support from the dental community to change them?

July 7, 2013

DDS Lab sponsors athletes with mouthguards

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

DDS Lab has begun sponsoring several up-and-coming mixed martial arts athletes who will each wear custom-fit Fierce mouthguards during their matches.

July 2, 2013

Dog helps kids understand craniofacial abnormalities

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Lentil, a French Bulldog puppy with a cleft lip and cleft palate, is raising awareness about the condition in humans, according to a CNN article.

July 2, 2013

Orthodontics firms unveil new branding

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Appliance Therapy Group and Space Maintainers Laboratories have rebranded under the name SML.

July 2, 2013

Study links dental prostheses and survival

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

People with both natural teeth and partial dentures had a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality than those with all natural teeth, but people with partial and full dentures had a higher risk of CVD mortality than those who had full dentures only or with very few opposing natural teeth, according to a study in the Journal of Dentistry.

June 26, 2013

Dental sedation: How kids respond after leaving the practice

By Rob Goszkowski

Sedating uncooperative or anxious children for dental procedures is commonplace, but researchers at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center noted minimal data about their behavior after parents took them home. The results of their study could help set parents' expectations as well as keep their children safe.

June 26, 2013