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HydraBrush releases new power toothbrush

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

HydraBrush has released its second-generation power toothbrush, the 30 Second Smile Platinum.

July 29, 2012

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

Colo. dental patient tests positive for hepatitis

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A patient has tested positive for hepatitis C after being treated by a Colorado oral surgeon who allegedly reused needles and syringes.

July 29, 2012

DrBicuspid.com Hygiene Insider

By Rabia Mughal

July 29, 2012

Is the ADA's midlevel provider economic analysis fair?

By Jay W. Friedman, DDS, MPH

A series of reports on midlevel dental providers released Wednesday by the ADA concluded that this workforce model is not economically feasible or sustainable. But Dr. Jay Friedman believes the ADA's analysis was flawed.

July 25, 2012

ADA reports question economic viability of midlevel providers

By Donna Domino, Kathy Kincade

The midlevel dental provider model is not economically realistic or sustainable, according to a series of reports released today by the ADA. But a Minnesota program that is tracking the productivity of its dental therapists begs to differ.

July 24, 2012

Sharps offers online OSHA training program

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Sharps Compliance, a provider of solutions designed for the proper management of medical waste, has launched a Web-based compliance and training program designed to improve worker safety while satisfying Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and related requirements.

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

'The View' revises apology to dental hygienists

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

ABC's "The View" has issued a clarification of its July 16 apology to dental hygienists for a segment on the show that misportrayed the education requirements and salary of hygienists.

July 23, 2012

Dental coalition urges analysis of sugar-sweetened beverages

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Sixteen dental organizations have asked the White House to commission a U.S. Surgeon General's report on relationships between specific dietary practices and oral diseases.

July 22, 2012

Hygiene instructor named to Ind. dental board

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Jennifer Bartek, MS, LDH, CDA, instructor in dental hygiene at the University of Southern Indiana, has been appointed by Gov. Mitch Daniels to a three-year term on the state Board of Dentistry.

July 22, 2012

Colgate must discontinue misleading toothpaste ad in U.K.

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Advertising Standards Authority, an independent regulator of the advertising industry in the U.K., is taking issue with an advertisement for Colgate-Palmolive's Colgate Total toothpaste, according to an adjudication posted on its website.

July 18, 2012

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