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Aetna exploring new ways to reduce tobacco use

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Aetna is piloting a program to support dentists in adopting the U.S. Public Health Service's five A's tobacco cessation guidelines: Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange.

January 25, 2012

Texas AG investigating 31 orthodontists

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Texas Attorney General's (AG) office is investigating 31 orthodontists for possible Medicaid fraud, according to testimony by David Maxwell, deputy director of law enforcement for the AG's office, before the state's House Public Health Committee.

January 25, 2012

Ronald McDonald Care Mobile to serve ND kids

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Bismarck will soon provide mobile dental care, including dental exams, fillings, x-rays, and extractions, to low-income children in western North Dakota, according to a news story in the Bismark Tribune.

January 25, 2012

Oral HPV infection increasing in young men

By Cynthia Keen

The incidence of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, the principal cause of a form of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, is increasing in young men in the U.S., according to a study presented at the recent Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Phoenix.

January 25, 2012

DrBicuspid.com Cosmetic Dentistry Insider

By Rabia Mughal

January 25, 2012

Treatments for head/neck cancer less effective in HIV patients

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy is less effective for patients with HIV when compared with the recurrence and overall survival rates in patients who do not have HIV, according to research presented this week at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Phoenix.

January 25, 2012

Hu-Friedy mascot inducted into National Museum of Dentistry

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Hu-Friedy's Nevi 4 mascot doll has been inducted into the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore, where it will be on display for one year.

January 25, 2012

Ask Marty: What do you think of SonicFill?

By Dr. Marty Jablow

A: I had the pleasure of trying the SonicFill system during its development, and now I use it daily in my practice.

January 24, 2012

Dr. Fresh trades toothbrushes for Facebook 'likes'

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dr. Fresh is donating one of its FireFly toothbrushes to the National Children's Oral Health Foundation for every new "like" it receives on its Facebook page during February.

January 24, 2012

Saliva HIV test passes the grade

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A saliva self-test used to diagnose human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is comparable in accuracy to the traditional blood test, according to a new study in Lancet Infectious Diseases.

January 23, 2012

Oral-B packaging more environmentally friendly

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Procter & Gamble has eliminated the use of polyvinyl chloride in packaging for its Oral-B manual toothbrushes.

January 23, 2012

Biomarker may predict head/neck cancer outcomes

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the University Hospital for Einstein have found a biomarker in head and neck cancers that can predict whether a patient's tumor will be life-threatening.

January 23, 2012

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