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Komet launches zirconia-cutting disk
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Komet USA this week launched a diamond disk that cuts zirconia at high speeds.
November 4, 2009
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Actress campaigns for kids with clefts
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachan last week signed on as goodwill ambassador for Smile Train, the world's largest charity for children with cleft lips and palates.
November 4, 2009
Imagenetix awarded new patent for perio disease drug
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Imagenetix has been issued a new U.S. patent (#7,612,111), which provides intellectual property protection for its 1-TDC early stage drug candidate for the prevention and treatment of periodontal disease.
November 3, 2009
Colgate Bright Smiles reaches 100 million kids
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Colgate-Palmolive announced this week that it has provided free dental screenings, oral health education, and treatment referrals to 100 million U.S. children in its "Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures"program.
November 2, 2009
Another lawsuit names Fixodent and Super Poligrip
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
An Iowa woman who believes that Procter & Gamble's Fixodent and GlaxoSmithKline's Super Poligrip denture adhesive creams caused her neuropathy, is suing the two companies.
November 2, 2009
Diabetes foundation issues new guidelines on perio health
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
New clinical guidelines released by the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF) emphasize the importance of periodontal health for people with diabetes, according to a press release from the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP).
November 2, 2009
AAP Foundation elects board members
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) Foundation board of directors elected Donald S. Clem, D.D.S., Myron Nevins, D.D.S., Michael G. Newman, D.D.S., and S. Timothy Rose, D.D.S., M.S., to three-year terms at its annual meeting in Boston last month.
November 2, 2009
P&G faces lawsuit over denture cream
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A personal injury law firm has filed a lawsuit against Procter & Gamble on behalf of a Texas woman who claims that she was diagnosed with neuropathy after using Fixodent denture adhesive cream.
October 29, 2009
Straumann sales down 4.6% in Q3
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Straumann reported a 4.6% drop in third-quarter sales worldwide but is confident it will still outperform the market in 2009, the implant maker said in a press release.
October 28, 2009
$2.4 million NIH grant supports genetic research for oral cancer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The first comprehensive analysis of genetic variations involved in the development of oral cancer will be conducted under a $2.398 million grant awarded to researchers at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, part of the National Institutes of Health.
October 28, 2009
Biolase delves into deep pocket therapy
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Biolase Technology is now promoting deep pocket therapy (DPT) with new attachment using the Waterlase MD and patented radial firing perio tips (RFPT) as a non-surgical alternative treatment for moderate to advanced gum disease.
October 28, 2009
3D Systems introduces lab production system
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
3D Systems is previewing its ProJet MP 3000 at the DenTech show in Shanghai, China, this week. The ProJet is a new 3-D production system for digital-dental models that it plans to introduce in the first quarter of 2010.
October 26, 2009
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