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Genesis implant system set for U.S. market

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Genesis biomimetic implant system from Keystone Dental has received U.S. regulatory clearance, the company announced.

October 31, 2010

Crosstex offers adjustable medical face masks

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Medical face mask maker Crosstex has launched a new generation of ear-loop medical face masks. With a patent-pending design, SecureFit ear-loop medical face masks enable wearers to quickly and easily adjust the mask for a more secure and customized fit, according to the company.

October 31, 2010

Lares introduces low-priced dental lasers

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Lares Research has introduced the LightWalker line of lasers, the first hard- and soft-tissue laser series for dentistry priced less than $30,000, the company announced.

October 31, 2010

Can gingival color influence tooth shade perceptions?

By Rabia Mughal

A single set of color difference standards is unlikely to work in dental prosthesis fabrication, so practitioners may need to take factors such as skin and gingival color into account, the authors of a new study in the Journal of Dental Research contend.

October 31, 2010

Women's alcohol, folate intake affect oral cancer risk

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Women who consume large amounts of alcoholic beverages and have low consumption of folates have a three times greater risk of developing oral cancers than women who also drink a lot but have high folate intake, according to researchers from Columbia University Medical Center and Harvard School of Public Health.

October 28, 2010

Jacksonville University seeks new orthodontics chief

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

After three years of full-time teaching at the Jacksonville University School of Orthodontics and taking over as the chair of the program earlier this year, Marc Bernard Ackerman, D.M.D., will depart at the end of the current semester to assume the role of director of orthodontics at Children's Hospital Boston, with a teaching appointment at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

October 28, 2010

Church donates over $900K to Operation Smile

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is donating $927,400 to Operation Smile to support upcoming medical missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Jordan.

October 28, 2010

12-year study compares composite, amalgam survival

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Large composite restorations have a higher survival rate than amalgam restorations in some patient groups, although amalgam has better survival for three-surface restorations in high-risk patients, according to a 12-year study published in the Journal of Dental Research.

October 28, 2010

Retinal, gingival bleeding linked by abnormal glucose metabolism

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Gingival and retinal hemorrhaging are predictive of each other and most often reflect an underlying disorder in glucose metabolism, researchers report in an October 11 online paper in Diabetes Care.

October 28, 2010

ADHA applauds DHAT report

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) is pleased that the results of the "Evaluation of the Dental Health Aide Therapist (DHAT) Workforce Model in Alaska" report indicate the effectiveness of adding alternative oral healthcare providers to the dental team.

October 27, 2010

Oral care products drive Colgate Q3 income

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Colgate-Palmolive announced that its worldwide sales for the third quarter of 2010 (end-September 30) were $3.9 billion, down 1.5% from $4 billion in the third quarter of 2009.

October 27, 2010

Patients can't hide eating disorders from dentists

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dentists may be the first healthcare providers to notice evidence of an eating disorder, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and pica, according to an article in AGD Impact.

October 27, 2010

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