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Ormco redesigns Loyalty Rewards online platform

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Ormco has redesigned its Ormco Loyalty Rewards online platform to improve shopping functionality and help users better manage account purchases, rewards points, and program compliance.

August 21, 2012

Leaders in Dentistry: Dr. John. S. Greenspan

By Donna Domino

John S. Greenspan, BDS, PhD, is a professor of oral pathology and the associate dean for global oral health at the University of California, San Francisco. But he is perhaps best known for his role in the discovery of AIDS and hairy leukoplakia. Here he talks about the challenges then and now of working with AIDS and HIV patients and improving oral health on a global basis.

August 21, 2012

FTC bars Brain-Pad from making mouthguard claims

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

In a settlement reached with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Brain-Pad and its president, Joseph Manzo, have been barred from making unsupported claims that the company's mouthguards reduce the risk of concussions from lower jaw impacts, reduce the risk of concussions generally, or have been clinically proven to do either.

August 20, 2012

Study: Good oral health may lower dementia risk

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Good oral hygiene practices are associated with a lower risk of developing dementia, according to a study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

August 20, 2012

Molecular markers help predict oral cancer progression

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A group of molecular markers has been identified that can help clinicians determine which patients with low-grade oral premalignant lesions are at high risk for progression to oral cancer, according to data from the Oral Cancer Prediction Longitudinal Study published in Cancer Prevention Research.

August 20, 2012

NCOHF awards $10K grants to 4 pediatric programs

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The National Children's Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF) has awarded $10,000 grants to several pediatric programs that deliver comprehensive educational, preventive, and treatment services for at-risk children.

August 20, 2012

Pa. boy wins antitobacco slogan contest

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

An 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy won a trip to the Little League Baseball World Series for submitting the winning slogan in the Oral Health America's National Spit Tobacco Education Program contest.

August 20, 2012

More parents, kids getting orthodontic treatment together

By Rabia Mughal

While orthodontics has typically been linked to adolescence, more and more adults are seeking corrective treatment. In fact, the British Lingual Orthodontic Society recently reported a trend of parents and their children undergoing orthodontic treatment together. Does the same hold true for the U.S.?

August 20, 2012

Simple screening tool helps detect oral premalignancies

By Donna Domino

A simple visual screening tool developed by researchers from three medical colleges in India shows promise for detecting oral premalignancies in a general health setting, according to a new study in Oral Oncology.

August 20, 2012

Biomimetic capsules may help treat perio disease

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A potential new treatment for periodontal disease that involves controlled-release capsules is being unveiled this week at the American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition in Philadelphia.

August 19, 2012

3Shape adds implant scanning to Trios

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dentists can now use 3Shape's Trios digital impression system for implant abutment cases.

August 19, 2012

Photodynamic therapy helps kill S. mutans

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Photodynamic therapy can "significantly kill" Streptococcus mutans in oral biofilms, according to a new study in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine.

August 19, 2012

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