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Despite Q4 sales decline, Danaher upbeat

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Danaher, owner of KaVo Dental, Kerr Dental, and other familiar brands, experienced single-digit declines in its dental business for the 2009 fiscal fourth quarter (end-December 31) compared to the same quarter in 2008, the company reported.

January 28, 2010

AAE pained by Obama's root canal remark

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

As popular as a what? The American Association of Endodontists (AAE) is tired of hearing its raison d'être used as the symbol for everything painful. Following U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union address January 27, the AAE put the president on notice that he should not have compared the government's bailout of failing banks to root canal therapy.

January 28, 2010

IC Care launches improved prophy paste

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

CPR Sapphire prophy paste from IC Care now has a smoother, splatter-resistant formula that is designed to replace rough pumice and expensive composite pastes, the company announced. CPR is safe for routine maintenance of veneers, restores brilliance to dull crowns, and removes up to four shades of stain from composites, according to IC Care.

January 28, 2010

Woman sues over dental bur left in sinus 'for months'

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A Florida woman is suing an oral surgeon after a bur that went missing during an extraction was left lodged in her right maxillary sinus for nearly a year, according to a story in the St. Petersburg Times.

January 25, 2010

Oragenics offers probiotic chew for kids

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Oragenics has launched EvoraKids, the first probiotic-based, all-natural oral care chewable created to promote oral health for children 3-10 years old. EvoraKids includes Oragenics' patent-pending ProBiora3 technology, specifically formulated for children to help maintain healthy teeth.

January 24, 2010

Will plasma jets 'replace' the handpiece?

By Laird Harrison

Physicists have been playing around with low-temperature plasma jets, a technology akin to a welder's arc, for over a decade. A recent study in which the jets were used in dentistry has spurred some publications to report that the technology will soon "replace the dentist's drill."

January 24, 2010