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Dental Excellence Awards voting ends November 14
By Tony Edwards
Have you joined hundreds of your colleagues in voting for the DrBicuspid Dental Excellence Awards? If you haven't, do it now as voting ends soon. As multiple categories have very close races, your vote could make the difference.
November 9, 2017
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Review finds sealants are effective for premolars, too
By Theresa Pablos
A new systematic review has found pit-and-fissure sealants to be effective regardless of tooth type or location. In fact, sealants on premolars may last longer and prevent more caries than those on first and second molars.
November 9, 2017
2017 08 07 15 47 24 917 Dental Bib Girl 400
Restoratives Insider: Are your patients' habits ruining your work?
By Tony Edwards
November 8, 2017
Record dental care coverage, dentist visits for U.S. kids
By Theresa Pablos
More children than ever before are visiting the dentist, and that could be because 90% of children in the U.S. have dental benefit coverage. These record statistics are just the latest in a long trend that show federal dental health policy may be having a real impact.
November 8, 2017
2016 08 15 14 35 34 52 Diverse Children 400b
New product: Dentsply Sirona Endodontics launches GuttaCore obturators
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dentsply Sirona Endodontics has introduced GuttaCore obturators for its WaveOne Gold system.
November 7, 2017
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Not the person I remembered
By Dr. Alvin Danenberg
Two old friends, a physician and a dentist, sat down for lunch recently to compare notes. As lunch progressed, Dr. Alvin Danenberg began to realize that he and his friend had taken very different paths when it came to health, lifestyle, and preventing chronic degenerative disease. In his latest column, he asks if you are willing to strive to thrive.
November 7, 2017
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Pa. dentist indicted on 200 counts
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A federal grand jury in Pennsylvania has indicted a Pittsburgh dentist on 200 counts of unlawful distribution of controlled substances, healthcare fraud, using or maintaining a drug-involved premises, and other charges, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
November 2, 2017
Week in Review: Technology evolution; plus pulling teeth and active patient data
By Tony Edwards
November 2, 2017
U.S. House passes CHIP funding
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to reauthorize funding of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
November 2, 2017
Can yogurt help fight periodontal disease?
By Tony Edwards
Is avoiding periodontal disease as easy as telling your patients to eat more yogurt? Of course not, but a new study found that those who ate more yogurt were indeed less likely to have periodontal disease.
November 1, 2017
2017 11 02 03 47 2936 Yogurt Cups 400
New U.S. bill would remove Medicare prescription rule
By Tony Edwards
A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on October 31 would remove the mandate for dentists to become a Medicare provider for their patient's prescriptions to be reimbursed by Medicare Part D. This bill would theoretically allow older Americans a wider range of dentists to choose from.
November 1, 2017
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Why pulling teeth doesn't have to be like pulling teeth
By Lori Roniger
Dental extractions don't have to be the equivalent of, well, pulling teeth. That's according to Dr. Sonia Leziy, an expert on implant and surgical protocols, who explains that better tools, techniques, and technologies are making extraction and implantation smoother and quicker for patients and practitioners.
October 31, 2017
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