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DNA on dental pick gets man busted for robbery
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A Georgia man was arrested this week after his DNA was found to be a match for DNA taken from a dental floss pick dropped at the scene of an alleged 2010 armed robbery.
January 10, 2013
Do biofilms take a break at night?
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The oral cavity creates more biofilm during the day than at night, according to a study in Acta Odontologica Scandinavica
January 10, 2013
Crest Oral-B partners with CareerFusion
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Crest Oral-B has launched a partnership with dental hygienists at CareerFusion, a dental professional career retreat, to gain a better understanding of the current needs and preferences of dental professionals in the U.S.
January 10, 2013
SD hygienists tapped to improve caries rates
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Officials in South Dakota are looking to new legislation that expands dental hygienists' duties to help the state improve its caries prevention statistics.
January 9, 2013
Study finds persistent oral bacteria after ECC treatment
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In a follow-up to a study conducted one year ago, researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Dentistry have determined that certain genetic strains of bacteria are dominant in children one year after treatment for microbial-caused plaque and tooth decay.
January 7, 2013
New toothbrush touts brushing sensor, smartphone app
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A Kentucky start-up has developed a manual toothbrush with an embedded sensor that maps brushing behavior and sends the data to an associated smartphone app via Bluetooth.
January 7, 2013
NIH grant funds NYU diabetes screening research
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Shiela Strauss, PhD, a professor of nursing at the New York University Colleges of Nursing and Dentistry, a two-year, $336,433 grant to study diabetes screening in dental patients.
January 7, 2013
Gingivitis bacteria manipulates immune system
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A new study highlights the mechanism by which Porphyromonas gingivalis establishes a chronic infection in the form of periodontal disease and provides insight into how the disease develops.
January 6, 2013
Toothbrush shuts down world's busiest airport
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A passenger's electric toothbrush is being blamed for a security alert that wreaked havoc at Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta -- considered the busiest airport in the world -- for nearly an hour today.
January 3, 2013
A response to ADA's 'scientific study' of dental therapists
By David A. Nash, DMD, EdD
The results of the ADA study published in the current Journal of the American Dental Association do nothing to discredit the utilization of dental therapists in the workforce in their traditional role of providing care for children in school-based programs, according to David A. Nash, DMD, EdD.
January 2, 2013
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ADA study finds poor quality of evidence to support MLPs
By Donna Domino
A yearlong systematic review of more than 7,000 studies on midlevel providers (MLPs) conducted by the ADA concludes that the evidence is too poor to compare the effectiveness of their treatment with that of dentists, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Dental Association.
January 2, 2013
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ADA meta-analysis finds lack of data to support MLPs
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Despite thousands of published studies on the role of midlevel providers (MLPs) in dentistry, there is not enough scientific evidence to support the use of nondentists performing irreversible surgical procedures, according to a yearlong systematic review conducted by the ADA.
January 1, 2013
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