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Do self-etch adhesives yield optimum bond strengths?
By Rob Goszkowski
OptiBond XTR held its own in a study comparing it with a number of other commercial adhesives. While the products exhibited similar bond strengths, OptiBond XTR looked better in microscoptic evaluations, according to researchers from the University of Pennsylvania.
October 31, 2011
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Minn. dental therapist students get new clinic
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Metropolitan State University has officially opened its new dental teaching clinic for its Master of Science: Oral Health Care Practitioner program students.
October 30, 2011
Althera to begin head/neck cancer therapy trial
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Althera Medical will conduct a human study of its alpha radiation treatment for head and neck, colon, pancreatic, sarcoma, brain, melanoma, and lung cancers.
October 30, 2011
Colgate-Palmolive Q3 sales up 11%
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Colgate-Palmolive is once again crediting its oral health product lines with helping to push the company to year-over-year growth in the third quarter of 2011.
October 30, 2011
Study finds link between obesity, periodontitis
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
MicroRNA induced by chronic nutritional stress that leads to obesity may also modulate inflammatory pathways within periodontal tissues and affect disease expression, according to a pilot study in the Journal of Dental Research.
October 30, 2011
Align extends Clear Aligner research award program
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Align Technology has extended its funding of the Clear Aligner research award program for North America and international universities.
October 30, 2011
Zila files patents on rotary toothbrush
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Zila has filed three design patents and a utility patent for its Rotadent Plus professional rotary toothbrush with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
October 30, 2011
Vigilance key to sedation safety with at-risk patients
By Rob Goszkowski
In the latest issue of Anesthesia Progress, two dentists outline how to recognize and manage cardiovascular complications that can arise during sedation, particularly with medically compromised patients.
October 30, 2011
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PACS shows promise in orthodontics
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A chairside picture archiving and communications system (PACS) can eliminate the need for hand tracing when conducting orthodontic cephalometric analysis, according to a study in the European Journal of Orthodontics.
October 30, 2011
FTC mulls NC dental board teeth-whitening appeal
By Kathy Kincade
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners' appeal of a July ruling that the board's efforts to block nondentists from providing teeth-whitening services constitute an illegal anticompetitive conspiracy.
October 27, 2011
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Fla. 5-year-old's sedation death ruled an accident
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The 2010 death of a 5-year-old Florida boy who was sedated prior to having dental work done has been ruled an accident.
October 27, 2011
Survey: Many in the U.K. unaware of HPV/oral cancer link
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Too many parents and young people in the U.K. are unaware of one of the most common sexually transmitted infections -- human papillomavirus (HPV) -- and its link to oral and other cancers, according to a survey conducted by the British Dental Health Foundation.
October 27, 2011
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