Dental Specialties: Page 952

Is Invisalign dangerous for generalists?
By Laird Harrison
These high-tech plastic aligners may not work as well as old-fashioned braces. Could a lawsuit be in your future?
December 4, 2007
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Cracked tooth? Pulpitis? Try a crown
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Can this pulp be saved? It's a question occurring more and more often as dentists confront a growing number of cracked teeth. Cracks can irritate pulp, but according to a new study, catching these cracks soon enough can prevent the need for a root canal treatment.
November 29, 2007
Dental insurance goes global
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Sun, sand, and a root canal! Not a natural combination, we know, but that’s exactly what all Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina and BlueChoice HealthPlan of South Carolina members can get, now that they have access to dental services overseas through Companion Global Dental. If other insurers follow suit, it could encourage more Americans to leave the country to get their teeth fixed.
November 29, 2007
Magnolia bark kills oral bacteria
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
So you've tried good oral hygiene, mints, mouthwashes, and sweet-smelling gum. Nothing's worked, and you wonder what else you can do to sweeten a patient's bad breath. How about magnolia bark?
November 29, 2007
Researchers pick best slenderizing tools
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers found that a new technology -- oscillating mechanisms with segmental wheels -- left the smoothest surfaces after interproximal enamel reduction.
November 28, 2007
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CAD/CAM dentistry booming
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
America's craze for the perfect set of teeth will make CAD/CAM-produced all-ceramic restorations a $1 billion industry by 2012, according to Millennium Research Group's "U.S. Markets for Crown & Bridges 2008" report.
November 28, 2007
Compounded painkillers called risky
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dentists beware -- some pharmacy-compounded topical anesthetics may be using unapproved or withdrawn ingredients.
November 26, 2007
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Is your culture giving you oral cancer?
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Cultural habits, such as smoking, and chewing tobacco or areca nuts, may put different ethnic groups at a higher risk for developing invasive squamous cell carcinoma according to an epidemiologic study of oral cancer in ethnic subpopulations in California.
November 25, 2007
Beyond dental therapists?
By Robert Luhn
The U.S. surgeon general put dentistry on notice in 2001 with a critical report that laid bare the dismal state of dental health care for the poor. Now three groups, the American Dental Association (ADA), the American Dental Hygienists Association, and a consortium of Alaskan Natives, have finally taken up the challenge. Each is proposing a new breed of professional that's less than a dentist, but may be more than a hygienist. In different ways, they all aim to bring more oral health care professionals into public and rural health clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, and similar venues that serve the underserved.
November 24, 2007
Insurers change exam schedule
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Swayed by the research, a growing number of dental insurance plans are rejecting the traditional semiannual cleaning. Instead, these plans are pushing dentists to see healthier patients less often and less healthy patients more often
November 18, 2007
The 411 on kids' health
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Wondering how to better serve your younger patients? One step in the right direction is getting hard facts about the overall health of this unique population.
November 18, 2007
Are the new power brushes better?
By Laird Harrison
Power toothbrush makers boast about innovation, but experts say they're not for everyone.
November 15, 2007
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