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Texas officials giving up on most Medicaid fraud cases
By Donna Domino
Texas officials are giving up on recovering most of the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on questionable Medicaid dental and orthodontic procedures. After years of an ongoing scandal over fraudulent billing and courtroom losses, the commission that oversees Medicaid has offered settlements for a fraction of the claimed damages.
October 29, 2015
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Pac-Dent launches PacFil thermal obturators
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Pac-Dent International has launched the PacFil PC (plastic carrier) and PacFil GPC (gutta-percha carrier) thermal obturators.
October 28, 2015
2015 Shils award recipients named
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Dr. Edward B. Shils Entrepreneurial Fund has announced the recipients of the 2015 Shils Awards.
October 28, 2015
ADA survey: Debt, gender influence career choices
By Tony Edwards
Dentists who graduated with higher debt were less likely to specialize and more likely to enter private practice than other primary occupations, according to the findings of a new survey in the Journal of the American Dental Association.
October 27, 2015
2014 05 19 15 36 57 666 Ada Logo 200
Secondhand smoke linked to doubled caries risk in kids
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Children exposed to tobacco smoke at 4 months had an almost twofold increase in the risk of caries in their deciduous teeth in a new study from Japan. The findings support increasing public health and clinical interventions to limit exposure to secondhand smoke, according to the researchers.
October 25, 2015
2014 12 22 14 19 17 41 Baby Yawn 200
Henry Schein, ACPEF to develop digital dentistry program
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Henry Schein is partnering with the American College of Prosthodontists Education Foundation (ACPEF) to fund the ACPEF Digital Dentistry Curriculum Initiative.
October 22, 2015
Nanova's NovaPro Flow composite gets FDA clearance
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Nanova Biomaterials' NovaPro Flow composite has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for commercial distribution.
October 20, 2015
3 marketing tactics for practice growth
By Michael Contardo, DDS
Like many dentists, Dr. Michael Contardo didn't consider himself a savvy entrepreneur. But in this column, Dr. Contardo talks about how he changed the trajectory of his practice.
October 20, 2015
2015 10 20 14 02 17 45 Contardo Michael 200
AAOMS 2015: One tooth numbering system may work best
By Theresa Pablos
Dental students identified permanent teeth more quickly and accurately using the Universal Numbering System than the Fédération Dentaire Internationale numbering system in a study presented at the recent American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) meeting. Researchers suggest that switching to one system may be able to decrease the number of procedures done at the wrong site.
October 19, 2015
2013 09 16 15 41 30 5 Dentist Exam Light 200
Whole You launches 3 new dental appliances
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Whole You has launched three new products: Nexteeth full dentures, Respire Pink Edurance Framework, and Respire Pink Micro.
October 18, 2015
Premier Dental adds 2 new elevators
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Premier Dental has launched the new Cryer 44 and 45 elevators.
October 18, 2015
Infographic: Professionally active dentists in 2015
By Theresa Pablos
If you are a dentist reading this, chances are you are a general dentist practicing in the state of California. How can we guess this? Because new data from the Kaiser Family Foundation breaks down information about professionally active U.S. dentists in 2015 by specialty and state.
October 18, 2015
2013 09 24 11 20 23 414 Dental Team 200
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