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RTI signs exclusive distribution deal with Zimmer

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

RTI Biologics has signed an exclusive, 10-year distribution agreement with Zimmer Dental whereby Zimmer will market and distribute RTI implants for the dental market worldwide.

September 6, 2010

Mont. dentists, hygienists split on school sealant program

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dentists and hygienists in Montana are divided over who should be responsible for placing dental sealants in schoolchildren if a proposed bill passes, according to a story on KXLH.com.

September 6, 2010

Komet offers tungsten carbide cutters for PFM crowns

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Komet USA now offers DF Cutters, tungsten carbide instruments designed for creating a defined roughness of precious and nonprecious metal surfaces to be used in porcelain-fused-to-metal (PFM) crowns.

September 6, 2010

Calif. town pressured to fluoridate water

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

California public health officials say they will fine the town of Watsonville $200 a day for failing to commit to add fluoride to the community's water, according to a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

September 2, 2010

Preop prophylactic antibiotics -- yes or no?

By Rosemary Frei, MSc

Despite a recent meta-analysis indicating that giving patients antibiotics prior to implant surgery can prevent implant failures, some experts still question whether antibiotic prophylaxis is necessary in every case.

September 2, 2010

iDent partners with Objet for dental implant planning

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

iDent Imaging, a provider of 3D surgical planning software and surgical guides for dental implants, has teamed with Objet Geometries to "improve the quality of dental implant placement," the companies said in a press release.

September 1, 2010

Adhesive classifications: Science or marketing?

By Phillip L. Brown, DDS

Are you using a fifth-, sixth-, or seventh-generation bonding adhesive? Who decides what generation it is, and what constitutes a new generation -- the number of steps involved or something else? Here is one attempt to decipher what often seems to be little more than marketing speak.

September 1, 2010

DentalEZ debuts 2 LED handpiece components

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

DentalEZ Group has expanded its StarDental line of high-speed handpiece components with the introduction of the StarBright LED handpiece swivel and StarBright LED replacement bulbs.

August 31, 2010

Are laryngeal mask airways preferable to tracheal tubes?

By Rosemary Frei, MSc

Laryngeal mask airways lower laryngospasm more than threefold compared to endotracheal tubes used for general anesthesia, according to a systematic review in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

August 31, 2010

Did Univ. of Colo. dentists give patients too much midazolam?

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dentists at the University of Colorado Denver School of Dental Medicine mistakenly injected as many as eight patients with potentially lethal doses of midazolam after the drug was erroneously added to the school's stock in 2008, according to a story by the Denver Post.

August 30, 2010

DrBicuspid.com Restoratives Insider

By Kathy Kincade

August 30, 2010

Remedy Dental launches new website

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dental laboratory Remedy Dental Studio in Los Angeles recently launched a new website to promote its line of fixed restorations, which include porcelain fused to metal restorations, veneers, bridges, and crowns.

August 30, 2010

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