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What improves compliance with orthodontic treatment?
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
How clinicians respond to the wishes of young patients who are required to wear removable appliances can have a crucial impact on compliance, according to a new study.
April 19, 2010
UMDNJ gets $2.1M for tobacco-use survey
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health has been awarded a $2.1 million, four-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop and implement a sampling approach that will improve knowledge about tobacco use by young adults and associated use risk factors.
April 19, 2010
Scimedent buys rights to Emergency Dental Kit
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Scimedent Health said it has bought the rights to an emergency dental kit product that contains various dental treatments for emergency situations.
April 19, 2010
Amalgam mercury use declining in U.S.
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Mercury sold in the U.S. for amalgam restorations declined by almost half from 2004 to 2007, according to a report by the Interstate Mercury Education and Reduction Clearinghouse.
April 19, 2010
New probiotic toothpaste battles oral bacteria
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Designs for Health has launched a probiotic toothpaste that does not include fluoride, abrasives, food dye, or preservatives.
April 19, 2010
Dental x-rays may increase thyroid cancer risk
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Multiple exposures to dental x-rays may increase the risk of thyroid cancer, according to a study conducted in Kuwait by researchers from Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
April 19, 2010
Pano images overestimate root contacts in ortho patients
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers from Switzerland compared panoramic images with cone-beam CT images of 235 interdental sites in 22 patients to find out whether panoramic radiographs provide a true assessment of the mesiodistal root relationship of adjacent teeth during orthodontic treatment.
April 19, 2010
Benco partners with ProDrive Systems, Pankey Institute
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Benco Dental has entered into two new partnerships designed to expand the company's product offerings and offer continuing education courses to its customers, the company announced.
April 19, 2010
Biomet reports 1% decline in implant sales
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Implant maker Biomet 3i reported a 1% decline in dental reconstructive devices in the third quarter of fiscal 2010 compared to the same period a year before. U.S. implant sales increased 1%, however.
April 18, 2010
Straumann awards André Schroeder research prize
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
One of the most prestigious awards in dentistry, the André Schroeder Research Prize, was presented April 17 at the World Symposium of the International Team for Implantology in Geneva, Switzerland.
April 18, 2010
DRE introduces surgical drill and microsaw system
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
DRE recently introduced the DRE OS-200, a surgical drill and microsaw system with a brushless electronic motor system.
April 18, 2010
BioMers launches new orthodontic products
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
BioMers has launched two new products for orthodontic treatment: the SimpliClear braces system and the Astics Color retainers.
April 18, 2010
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