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Insurance
Lawsuit challenges Trident calcium phosphate claims
For years some of the world's top dental researchers have been debating the merits of calcium phosphate products without reaching a consensus. Now a lawsuit questioning Trident Xtra Care gum's restorative claims is putting the scientific evidence on trial.
August 5, 2010
2008 08 29 15 39 44 564 Justice Scale 70
Insurance
Survey: U.S. dentists' income trends improving
In an ADA survey of nearly 2,000 U.S. dentists, a narrow majority reported either stable or increasing income for the first quarter of 2010, compared to the previous quarter.
August 2, 2010
2009 11 16 10 09 27 454 Dollar Sign 70
Dental Education
Austin Group, Boston Group talk midlevel providers
As the ADA House of Delegates prepares to confront the issue of midlevel providers at the association's annual meeting in October, two regional groups are working to help individual states examine their options.
July 25, 2010
2010 07 26 10 04 34 582 Us Map 70
Restorations
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July 19, 2010
Restorations
IADR study questions tooth preparation
The inventors of the Hall technique -- a controversial approach in which a preformed metal crown is cemented to an unprepared primary molar -- have released evidence suggesting it is more effective than conventional restorations.
July 13, 2010
2010 07 09 16 52 33 304 Hall 70
Restorations
New CAD/CAM system challenges e.max
3M ESPE claims its new Lava CAD/CAM system makes crowns more quickly than Ivoclar Vivadent's IPS e.max system and that the restorations will look better and last longer. Ivoclar Vivadent begs to differ.
July 7, 2010
2010 07 08 09 20 13 83 3 M Lava Dvs Cross Section 70
Marketing
Dental procedures auctioned on new websites
Going once, going twice, sold! A new implant for $999 to the patient with the missing second molar. That's more or less the vision behind two websites where patients can bid what they want for dental and medical services and pick the best offer from competing practices.
June 30, 2010
2009 11 18 10 18 09 377 Gavel 70
Home
ADA boosts campaign contributions
The ADA, already among the U.S.'s most active lobbying groups, significantly increased its contributions to political candidates beginning in 2008, public records show. And while no other dental organization gave as much, several ratcheted up their lobbying in the same time period.
June 27, 2010
2009 11 16 10 09 27 454 Dollar Sign 70
Pediatrics
Resin infiltration effective in clinical trials
You know how to handle a frank cavity and what to do with a healthy tooth. But what about the many lesions that fall in between? New studies on resin infiltration suggest it can successfully treat lesions that are too small to restore but too big to ignore.
June 20, 2010
2009 06 29 09 13 46 72 Dmg Product 70
Periodontics
Wash. school caries-prevention program unsuccessful
An effort to reduce cavities by applying fluoride varnish and sealants in Pierce County, WA, schoolchildren failed, the county health department reported this month.
June 13, 2010
2009 04 10 11 34 20 787 Schoolhouse 70
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