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Growth factors used to grow new teeth
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers at Columbia University have claimed another advance in the quest to grow biological teeth that could eventually be used instead of implants.
May 24, 2010
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Fosamax/ONJ retrial to begin June 2
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A new trial is scheduled to begin June 2 for the Fosamax/osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) case that ended in a mistrial last September.
May 24, 2010
3D model may improve implant failure rates
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In an effort to find ways to reduce dental implant failure rates, a researcher from Griffith University has used computer modeling software to study the stress created in the mandible during and after the placement of titanium implants.
May 24, 2010
Study finds dentists sloppy with curing lights
By Laird Harrison
Many dentists may be using their curing lights badly, with some baking their patients' teeth and others leaving restorations uncured, a Dalhousie University study suggests. But the researchers think they have the solution.
May 24, 2010
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CBCT beats periapicals for root canal analysis
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Cone-beam CT (CBCT) scans are significantly more efficient than periapical radiographs in determining the mesiobuccal root canal anatomy of maxillary molars, according to a study to be presented at the International Association for Dental Research meeting in July in Barcelona, Spain.
May 23, 2010
Calif. kids' oral health needs not being met
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
California children's dental health was ranked third from the bottom in the National Survey of Children's Health, above only Arizona and Texas.
May 23, 2010
GSK acquires NovaMin for $135 million
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has acquired NovaMin Technologies, makers of a calcium phosphate oral product ingredient, for 87 million pounds ($135 million as of December 2009), the company announced.
May 23, 2010
Students develop low-cost dental suction device
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Five Rice University students have created a portable dental suction device, an inexpensive, battery-powered version of the vacuum system commonly used in dentists' offices.
May 23, 2010
UN mulls global amalgam restrictions
By Laird Harrison
Amalgam foes expect to square off against dentists' groups at a United Nations (UN) meeting in June in Stockholm, where representatives from around the world will try to draw up a legally binding international treaty on mercury reduction.
May 23, 2010
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OrthoSynetics names new CEO
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
David Marks has been promoted to president and CEO of OrthoSynetics, an orthodontic and dental practice services firm. Marks has been chief operating office of the company since September 2009.
May 20, 2010
Coenzyme in toothpaste helps control perio disease
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Perfect Smile fluoride toothpaste with the coenzyme CoQ10 yielded "significant improvement" over regular fluoride toothpaste in healing gingivitis, according to a study in the May 2010 issue of the Natural Medicine Journal.
May 20, 2010
Philadelphia tables amalgam debate
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Philadelphia Board of Health voted May 13 to table its discussion of proposed changes to a controversial ordinance requiring that dentists give patients specific information before placing amalgam restorations.
May 19, 2010
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