Dental Specialties: Page 894

Hawaii to cut kids' dental program

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Hawaii's Dental Hygiene Branch, which serves about 40,000 young people per year, is being shut down, with layoffs scheduled for November.

August 18, 2009

Volunteers needed for free dental clinic in Iowa

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Volunteers are needed for the Iowa Mission of Mercy free dental clinic planned for September 25-26 at the Iowa Speedway in Newton.

August 18, 2009

Komet develops diamond disk for ceramics

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Komet USA has developed an innovative laboratory diamond disk suited for deflasking pressed ceramic material.

August 18, 2009

Lawyer recommends reporting drug-induced xerostomia to FDA

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dentists should report cases of xerostomia caused by medications to the FDA, Edwin Zinman, D.D.S., J.D., told attendees at the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry annual meeting.

August 18, 2009

WCMID panel: New periodontal disease approach needed

By Laird Harrison

SAN FRANCISCO - The 39-year-old patient's gums looked healthy when she came for her first appointment. No deep pockets, no bleeding. But instead of sending her on her way, Gregory Sawyer, D.D.S., took a look under a microscope and found spots in her mouth that were crawling with spirochetes.

August 17, 2009

Biolux gets grant for new orthodontic product

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Biolux Research will receive $205,000 Canadian ($185,000 U.S.) from the National Research Council Canada's Industrial Research Assistance Program over the next 18 months to help accelerate the development and commercialization of a new light treatment device for orthodontics.

August 16, 2009