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Align Technology debuts iTero app for Invisalign
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Align Technology previewed the Invisalign Outcome Simulator, the company's first chair-side application powered by the iTero intraoral scanner, at the Chicago Midwinter Dental Meeting last week.
February 27, 2012
NCOHF creates tooth fairy 'kids club'
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
With a little help from Brady Reiter, young star of the new movie Tooth Fairy 2, the National Children's Oral Health Foundation has launched the America's ToothFairy Kids Club.
February 27, 2012
LED Dental partners with major PR firm
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
LED Medical Diagnostics, parent company of LED Dental, has entered into a strategic collaboration with Edelman, the world's largest public relations firm.
February 27, 2012
New radiotherapy technique for oral cancer less invasive
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers at the University of Granada and Virgen de las Nieves hospital have developed a new radiotherapy technique they say is less toxic than other approaches used to treat cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx.
February 27, 2012
New oral bacterium linked to heart disease, meningitis
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers have found a new bacterium, thought to be a common inhabitant of the oral cavity, that could cause serious disease if it enters the bloodstream, according to a study in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (February 21, 2012).
February 27, 2012
RI may cut adult Medicaid dental services
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Rhode Island has become the latest state to consider dramatically reducing Medicaid dental services for adults.
February 27, 2012
NJ dental board to decide teeth-whitening case
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The New Jersey dental board should decide if teeth-whitening services offered by nondentists at mall kiosks and beauty salons constitutes the practice of dentistry, a state appellate court has ruled.
February 27, 2012
More people going to ERs with preventable dental problems
By Donna Domino
State budgets are being strained by expensive emergency room (ER) treatment for toothaches and other avoidable dental ailments, according to a new report from the Pew Center on the States. Preventable dental conditions were the primary reason for 830,590 ER visits by Americans in 2009, up 16% from 2006.
February 27, 2012
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C3 Jian gets $30M financing for caries drug
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
C3 Jian has raised $30 million in equity financing, which will be used to conduct clinical trials of its caries-fighting peptide drug.
February 26, 2012
Halitosis compound transforms dental stem cells
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Japanese scientists have found that the odorous compound responsible for halitosis is ideal for harvesting stem cells taken from human dental pulp, according to an article in the Journal of Breath Research.
February 26, 2012
New Zealand has high caries rate
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A new survey shows that more than 80% of New Zealanders have caries, and a majority show early signs of periodontal disease.
February 26, 2012
Group backs HPV shot recommendation for boys
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys 11 years and up should get Merck & Co's Gardasil vaccine to protect them against HPV infections, which can cause genital warts as well as oral, penile, and anal cancers, the nation's largest group of pediatricians said Monday.
February 26, 2012
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