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Align releases Invisalign Express 5
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Align Technology has released Invisalign Express 5, an option for minor crowding, spacing, or orthodontic relapse treatments requiring five or fewer stages of Invisalign aligners.
January 9, 2012
Tobacco firm skewed toxicology findings
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
An analysis of tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris USA manipulated data on the effects of additives in cigarettes, including menthol, obscuring actual toxicity levels and increasing the risk of heart, cancer, and other diseases for smokers.
January 8, 2012
Align offers Invisalign in Russia, Middle East
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Align Technology has received a product registration certificate for the Invisalign system from the Federal Service on Surveillance in Healthcare and Social Development of the Russian Federation.
January 8, 2012
Nasal spray anesthesia to begin phase III trials
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
St. Renatus, the Colorado start-up founded to commercialize a new needle-free dental anesthetic, has secured up to $3.5 million from an angel investment group and will move forward with phase III clinical trials.
January 8, 2012
Dentists miss some details in preimplant x-rays
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
General dentists can detect changes in radicular features in radiographs prior to root canal treatment when the changes are extensive, but they miss some more-specific feature changes, according to a study in Dentomaxillofacial Radiology.
January 5, 2012
April is 13th annual Oral Cancer Awareness Month
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Oral Cancer Foundation is encouraging the dental community to get involved in Oral Cancer Awareness Month this April 2012 by offering free oral cancer screenings to the public in an effort to raise awareness of this disease across the U.S.
January 5, 2012
DenMat acquires Discus Dental restoratives products
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
DenMat Holdings has acquired Discus Dental's restoratives and impressions portfolios from Royal Philips Electronics.
January 5, 2012
Dentists not following antibiotic prescribing guidelines
By Rabia Mughal
The antibiotic prescribing practices of dentists for odontogenic infections in children do not appear to be in line with recommended professional guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the ADA, according to a survey in the January Journal of the American Dental Association.
January 5, 2012
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Nanocrystals make dentures stronger
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers from the Otto-Schott-Institute for Glass Chemistry have developed a novel glass ceramic for dentistry that they believe is suitable for dentures and other restorative applications.
January 5, 2012
Dried licorice root fights tooth decay, gum disease
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Scientists have identified two substances in licorice that kill the major bacteria responsible for tooth decay and periodontal disease, according to a study in the Journal of Natural Products.
January 4, 2012
Medline VAPrevent oral care system easier to use
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Medline has enhanced its VAPrevent oral care program, which was created to help clinicians complete oral care on ventilated patients to reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
January 4, 2012
Cancer rates in U.S. keep falling: American Cancer Society
By Reuters Health
U.S. cancer death rates are continuing to fall, according to an American Cancer Society report released on Wednesday. Despite improvements in the most common cancers, the rates of some other cancers, including esophageal and certain throat cancers associated with human papillomavirus, have increased.
January 4, 2012
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