Dental Specialties: Page 570

FBI raids dental chain that billed Medicaid $9.6M

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The FBI, Texas state investigators, and the state attorney general raided the offices of Sun Orthodontix, a Texas chain that was the second largest biller for braces under Medicaid in 2010, according to a news story by WFAA-TV.

September 26, 2012

Study: Risk of post-op bleeding minimal in warfarin users

By Rob Goszkowski

A retrospective study in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology found few examples of postoperative bleeding after invasive dental procedures performed on warfarin users. However, the risk was significantly greater in patients taking other anticoagulants in addition to warfarin.

September 26, 2012

Univ. of Maryland gets $16M grant for head/neck pain study

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The University of Maryland School of Dentistry has been awarded $16 million by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to fund the next five years of an ongoing study examining the root causes of chronic head and neck pain conditions.

September 25, 2012

DrBicuspid.com Oral Cancer & Diagnostics Insider

By Donna Domino

September 25, 2012

Anesthesiologist denies blame for child's death

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The parents of a 2-year-old Texas boy who died after a dental procedure are suing the anesthesiologist and the surgical center where the procedure was performed, claiming the boy received too much morphine in doses administered too close together.

September 25, 2012

Henry Schein's Blu-Bite now in berry flavor

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Henry Schein is introducing a new berry flavor for Blu-Bite HP, a mousse-like, vinyl polysiloxane material for bite registration, copying transfers, and primary impression with bite trays.

September 24, 2012

ADA calls on dentists to fight Rx abuse

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The ADA is voicing its support for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on September 29 by urging dentists to counsel their patients on how to safely secure and dispose of unused, unwanted, or expired pharmaceuticals.

September 24, 2012

German vegan toothpaste delivers B12

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

German cosmetics company Sante, with the help of the German Vegetarian Society, has created a toothpaste that is enriched with organic vitamin B12, according to an article in Gizmag.

September 24, 2012

Oral cancer not among falling U.K. cancer death rates

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The rates of people dying from cancer are predicted to decline by 17% in the U.K. by 2030, according to new statistics released by Cancer Research UK, a treatment, prevention, and research group.

September 24, 2012

Billboards, radio ads deliver effective oral cancer message

By Kathy Kincade

A two-year media campaign in Detroit that utilized print, radio, billboards, and mailed surveys was effective in raising public awareness of oral cancer and influencing healthcare providers to screen for the disease, according to a study in the Journal of the American Dental Association.

September 24, 2012

French firm brings candidiasis drug to U.S.

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

BioAlliance Pharma has signed a licensing agreement with Vestiq Pharmaceuticals to commercialize its Oravig product in the U.S. for the treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis in adults.

September 23, 2012

FTC: Tobacco firms spending less on advertising

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The amount spent on cigarette advertising and promotion by the largest cigarette companies in the U.S. declined from $9.94 billion in 2008 to $8.53 billion in 2009, and again to $8.05 billion in 2010, according to a new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

September 23, 2012

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