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OHA receives $21K toothbrush donation
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Oral Health America (OHA) has received a Church & Dwight donation of nearly 5,000 Arm & Hammer Spinbrush toothbrushes to benefit the Smiles Across America program supporting school-based and school-linked oral health programs.
April 15, 2013
Vineyard collects carbon emissions for toothpaste
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A French vineyard is working to reduce its carbon footprint with a strategy to capture carbon dioxide emitted during grape fermentation and convert it into sodium bicarbonate used for toothpaste, according to a report by Clean Technica.
April 15, 2013
Lollipops with licorice-root extract inhibit perio pathogens
By Rosemary Frei, MSc
Sugar-free lollipops containing glycyrrhizol A successfully beat back the prominent oral pathogens Streptococcus mutans, Porphyromonas gingivalis, and Prevotella intermedia, according to research presented at the recent International Association for Dental Research annual meeting.
April 15, 2013
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Fla. dentists help young students prepare for test
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Florida Dental Association member dentists recently helped some 2,500 third-graders prepare for statewide testing by providing materials to educate the children and their families about good dental health habits.
April 14, 2013
Maine dentists oppose dental therapist bill
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Some 100 dentists from across Maine visited the State House April 11 to express their opposition to a bill that would allow dental hygiene therapists to practice in the state, the Kennebec Journal reported.
April 11, 2013
ND considers midlevel provider bill
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
North Dakota is considering a bill to study the idea of midlevel providers, similar to the dental therapists who are now practicing in Minnesota.
April 10, 2013
More dental hygienists administering local anesthesia
By Rosemary Frei, MSc
A handful of U.S. states -- primarily in the south -- still do not allow dental hygienists to administer local anesthesia. But the landscape is slowly shifting, according to Tricia Osuna, RDH, who gave a talk on the subject at the recent Pacific Dental Conference.
April 9, 2013
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Loma Linda dental school gets $3M for kids' oral care
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Loma Linda University School of Dentistry has received a $3 million grant from the First 5 Riverside Children and Families Commission to provide dental care to children with special healthcare needs.
April 8, 2013
100 Ark. dental patients urged to get blood tests
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Arkansas Department of Health has begun contacting about 100 patients treated by William Jarrod Stewart, DDS, at six dental clinics around the state who may have been given drugs intravenously that were contaminated by an infectious material.
April 8, 2013
1st patient files lawsuit against Okla. oral surgeon
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
W. Scott Harrington, DMD, the Tulsa, OK, oral surgeon who may have exposed approximately 7,000 patients to HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C has been hit with the first lawsuit related to the case, according to an article in Tulsa World.
April 8, 2013
Oragenics gets common stock listing on NYSE
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Oragenics has had its common stock approved for listing on the NYSE Euronext's NYSE MKT.
April 8, 2013
Study: Regular scaling can reduce atrial fibrillation risk
By Erin Archer, RN
Patients who undergo dental scaling at least once a year have a lower risk of developing atrial fibrillation, the most common type of sustained cardiac dysrhythmia, according to a new study in the International Journal of Cardiology.
April 8, 2013
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