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Prolonged nCPAP use can prompt craniofacial changes
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Using a nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) machine for more than two years may change craniofacial form by reducing maxillary and mandibular prominence, altering the relationship between the dental arches, researchers report.
July 19, 2010
Proteins linked with denture stomatitis identified
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers from the University of North Carolina used liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry to compare mucosal gene expression between individuals with and without denture stomatitis, according to a study presented at the recent International Association for Dental Research (IADR) meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
July 19, 2010
DrBicuspid.com Restoratives Insider
By Laird Harrison
July 19, 2010
Amoxicillin in endo sealers reduces E. faecalis
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Endodontic sealers mixed with amoxicillin inhibited the growth of Enterococcus faecalis significantly greater than sealers without amoxicillin, according to a study in the Journal of Endodontics.
July 15, 2010
ProDrive adds push-button turbine system
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
ProDrive Systems has expanded its line of upgrade turbines with a new push-button turbine system for Midwest Quiet-Air high-speed handpieces.
July 15, 2010
Nonprofit seeks candidates for orthodontic treatment
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Smiles Change Lives, a nonprofit organization that provides affordable orthodontics for low-income families in the U.S., is seeking applicants to receive orthodontic treatment.
July 14, 2010
Cleft charity featured on 'The Doctors' TV show
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Cleft charity Smile Train traveled to India in March to perform free cleft palate surgeries, and footage from that trip was aired in an episode of "The Doctors" TV show on July 14.
July 14, 2010
Baseball star joins OHA campaign against smokeless tobacco
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Oral Health America (OHA) recently teamed up with John Danks, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox Major League Baseball team, to film a public service announcement about the dangers of smokeless tobacco for OHA's National Spit Tobacco Education Program.
July 14, 2010
Unique tooth desensitizer hits U.S. market
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Nuline Pharmaceuticals' Remesense tooth desensitizer, introduced internationally in 2008, is now available in the U.S.
July 14, 2010
Canadian kids wait too long for dental treatment
By Rosemary Frei, MSc
In its latest report card, the Wait Time Alliance gave pediatric dental care in Canada a D, noting that nearly 10,000 Canadian children underwent dental treatment in 2009 and more than 4,000 of them had to wait over a year to get it.
July 14, 2010
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IFDH installs new officers at Glasgow meeting
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Maria Perno Goldie, R.D.H., B.A., M.S., was installed as the 2010-2013 president of the International Federation of Dental Hygienists (IFDH) July 3 in Glasgow, Scotland, during the closing ceremony of the International Symposium on Dental Hygiene.
July 13, 2010
Researchers pinpoint oral cancer biomarker
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine researchers have discovered a biomarker, human beta defensin-3 (hBD-3), that may serve as an early warning sign for oral cancer.
July 13, 2010
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