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Regular teeth brushing linked to healthier hearts

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), May 28 - People who don't brush their teeth twice a day have an increased risk of heart disease, scientists said on Friday, adding scientific weight to 19th century theories about oral health and chronic disease.

May 27, 2010

Philips donates $50K in Sonicare products to kids' clinic

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Philips is partnering with the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto to provide its power toothbrushes to patients in the hospital's dental clinic in an effort to improve oral health among Canadian children.

May 27, 2010

Komet releases larger bur block

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Komet USA has introduced a new stainless steel bur block that holds up to 40 rotary instruments during the sterilization process, the company announced.

May 27, 2010

Plackers partners with Oral Health America

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Plackers has partnered with Oral Health America to donate dental flossers that will reach more than 30,000 children in need through the Smiles Across America program.

May 25, 2010

AAP urges practitioners to save natural dentition

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

As the field of dental implantology continues to have a significant effect on dental treatment planning, the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) recently reaffirmed its position that, whenever reasonable, efforts should be made to save a patient's natural dentition.

May 25, 2010

Perio disease bacteria provide clues to Alzheimer's

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A defective, mutant strain of the bacterium that causes periodontal disease could provide a clue to potential treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and a number of other diseases, according to researchers from the University of Florida College of Dentistry who reported their findings at the American Society for Microbiology meeting in San Diego.

May 24, 2010

GSK acquires NovaMin for $135 million

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has acquired NovaMin Technologies, makers of a calcium phosphate oral product ingredient, for 87 million pounds ($135 million as of December 2009), the company announced.

May 23, 2010

Coenzyme in toothpaste helps control perio disease

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Perfect Smile fluoride toothpaste with the coenzyme CoQ10 yielded "significant improvement" over regular fluoride toothpaste in healing gingivitis, according to a study in the May 2010 issue of the Natural Medicine Journal.

May 20, 2010

NYU awarded grant to improve seniors' oral health

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry has received a one-year grant from the United Hospital Fund to provide underserved older adults in New York City with better access to dental care.

May 19, 2010

Listerine taps well-known actor for 'documercial'

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Listerine has introduced "This Is Your Mouth," a documentary-style commercial narrated by actor Neil Patrick Harris (CBS's "How I Met Your Mother").

May 19, 2010

Survey: Canadians' oral health much improved

By Rosemary Frei, MSc

Data from a newly released national survey indicate that far fewer Canadian adults and children suffer from dental caries today than in 1972. At the same time, however, cost remains a barrier for many in need of treatment for oral health problems.

May 18, 2010

Ondine posts Q1 loss, helps launch Periowave

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Ondine Biopharma, while helping to launch a photodisinfection system for periodontitis, posted a $1.14 million loss for the first quarter.

May 16, 2010

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