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Penn State gets $1.4M grant to improve oral health of dementia patients

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.4 million, four-year grant to Rita Jablonski, PhD, an assistant professor of nursing at Pennsylvania State University to test a technique that can help improve the oral health of dementia patients.

May 4, 2011

Study IDs root cause of local anesthetic-related NSDs

By Rob Goszkowski

Dentists should consider not using 4% concentration anesthetics in the trigeminal area after a data analysis found that high-concentration formulations are the root cause of most neurosensory disturbances (NSDs), Danish researchers report in the Journal of the American Dental Association.

May 4, 2011

P&G challenges Philips' toothbrush advertising claims

By Rabia Mughal

Philips Oral Healthcare will discontinue certain advertising claims for its Sonicare FlexCare and FlexCare+ toothbrushes, after Procter & Gamble (P&G) filed a complaint with the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus.

May 3, 2011

OraMetrix to expand orthodontic production

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

OraMetrix, a provider of 3D technologies for orthodontics, has selected the Camstar Enterprise Platform to help support its planned expansion in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

May 3, 2011

Top VA official blasts Dayton clinic's leadership

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A top U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) official has acknowledged the "failure of leadership" that took place at the Dayton VA Medical Center's dental clinic in Ohio, where a dentist's lack of adherence to basic infection-control practices put hundreds of veterans at risk for nearly 20 years, the Daytona Daily News has reported.

May 3, 2011

Research supports population-based smoking cessation campaign

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Population-based approaches to smoking cessation -- including mass media campaigns and smoking quit lines -- can positively impact quitting behaviors among racial/ethnic minority and low socioeconomic status smokers, with varying effects across these groups, according to new research.

May 3, 2011

Corticosteroids during pregnancy not linked to orofacial clefts

By Rosemary Frei, MSc

Pregnant women who take potent topical corticosteroids just before and during pregnancy risk fetal growth restriction in their infants, but there is no risk of fetal orofacial clefts with any form of corticosteroid taken by pregnant women, a pair of studies has found.

May 3, 2011

3Shape debuts interface for Sirona scanners

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

3Shape has released a new interface that enables scans from Sirona Dental Systems Cerec intraoral scanners and InLab scanners to be modeled with its Dental System design software.

May 2, 2011

3M ESPE expands RelyX Unicem line

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

3M ESPE is now offering RelyX Unicem 2 self-adhesive resin cement in the company's Clicker dispenser, combining convenience and easier mixing with reliability and bond strength.

May 2, 2011

Plackers offers 10,000 free flosser samples

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Plackers is celebrating the launch of Plackers OrthoPick, a dental flosser for individuals with braces, bridges, and other dental appliances, by giving away free OrthoPick flosser samples to the first 10,000 people who sign up on its website.

May 2, 2011

Professor seeks cleft secrets in remote Nepal group

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A Wright State University professor is seeking the genetic roots of cleft lips and palates among a remote people in Nepal, according to a story in the Dayton Daily News.

May 1, 2011

Komet launches sonic tip for fissure opening

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Komet has launched its new SF849 sonic tip for opening fissures, designed exclusively for use with the Komet SonicLine sonic handpiece.

May 1, 2011

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