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Grant aids research into improving extraction outcomes

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The New Jersey Health Foundation/Nicholson Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to Antonio Valdevit, PhD, to advance research into a medical device that could reduce local trauma and improve outcomes for people requiring tooth extractions.

December 20, 2015

DrBicuspid.com Dental Excellence Awards 2015 finalists

By Tony Edwards

DrBicuspid.com is pleased to announce the finalists chosen by our readers in the 2015 Dental Excellence Awards. We want to thank the hundreds of readers who participated in the voting.

December 16, 2015

Nobel Biocare gets mixed ruling in patent lawsuit

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Nobel Biocare got a mixed ruling on its patent infringement lawsuit against Neodent USA, alleging infringement of two patents relating to the design of Nobel Biocare's NobelActive line of dental implants.

December 13, 2015

Should you repair or replace that restoration?

By Theresa Pablos

Should you repair or replace that restoration? The findings of a new study may help you answer that question. Researchers found that replaced restorations had a lower overall failure rate, but repaired restorations that failed needed less-severe treatment.

December 9, 2015

Study linking fluoride, hypothyroidism criticized

By Donna Domino

A study linking fluoride with hypothyroidism used "highly selective and biased" evidence, according to a commentary in the British Dental Journal. The author of the opinion piece chided the researcher for abandoning his scientific objectivity to reinforce his opposition to fluoridation, saying the paper's conclusions should be dismissed.

December 8, 2015

What's trending? Our patients

By Tom Cockerell Jr., DDS

Dr. Tom Cockerell Jr. of Dental Symphony writes about ways in which you and your staff can think about the software used in your practice. In this column, he focuses on what would be included in the next generation of sophisticated software.

December 7, 2015

Second Opinion: PRI community water fluoridation story flawed

By Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH

In this Second Opinion, Dr. Howard Pollick details some of the misperceptions and errors in a recent Public Radio International report on community water fluoridation. Dr. Pollick cites 70 years of scientific research in making his case for community water fluoridation.

December 3, 2015

3M updates digital impression guide

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

3M Oral Care has updated its digital 3M Impression Troubleshooting Guide.

December 1, 2015

KaVo wins Finnish innovation award

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

KaVo Kerr Group has received the Finnish Dental Congress' New Innovation 2015 Award for its Diagnocam caries detection device.

December 1, 2015

Taub launches new resin barrier

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Taub Products has released Liquid Magic resin barrier for implant and cosmetic dentistry.

November 24, 2015

PRI report: Health risks of water fluoridation raise concerns

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Public Radio International (PRI) program "Living on Earth" recently broadcast a report on community water fluoridation. According to the broadcast, "research has raised questions about the additive's safety." Here we offer quotes from the broadcast as an introduction to the Second Opinion on the subject.

November 24, 2015

Second Opinion: No real debate on community water fluoridation

By Deborah Foote

A recent broadcast on Public Radio International raised concerns about community water fluoridation without any mention of the hundreds of studies that have shown fluoridation's benefits. DrBicuspid.com reached out to the scientific and clinical community for their response to this broadcast. Our first response is from Deborah Foote, executive director of Oral Health Colorado.

November 24, 2015

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