Opioid prescribing practices put patients at risk, study finds

by Carla Weeks – Globe and Mail, March 14, 2011 Tylenol 3 and Percocets are routinely used for dental pain –  READ THIS ARTICLE – click on link and then read below…….. Some family physicians write dramatically higher numbers of prescriptions for powerful opioid painkillers than others, according to a new study that warns major problems … Read more

Regenerative Medicine

Bioengineering of dental stem cells in a PEGylated fibrin gel                              March 2011, Vol. 6, No. 2, Pages 191-200         Kerstin M Galler, Adriana C Cavender, Umut Koeklue, Laura J Suggs, et al Aim: Postnatal stem cells can generate tooth-specific structures after transplantation in … Read more

Out, out, damn spot!!!

Was advised by someone I respect immensely that this material is ideal for those little white spots post ortho debanding. Not promoting the product, but there is science to back the claims….was an interesting read….. MI Paste™ and MI Paste Plus™Calcium, Phosphate and Fluoride Tooth Treatment Click on link, review the science,make up your own … Read more

Treatment of Intrabony Defects After Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Removal With Resorbable and Non-Resorbable Membranes

Giuseppe Corinaldesi, MD, DDS, Giuseppe Lizio, DDS, et al ackground: Mandibular second molar (M2) periodontal defects following third molar (M3) removal in high-risk patients is a clinical dilemma for clinicians. This study compared the healing of periodontal intrabony defects at the distal surface of the mandibular M2 using resorbable and non-resorbable membranes. Methods: Eleven patients … Read more

MICAP – nothing to do with your new Zirconium crown

MICAP- a novel system for identification and communication of dental problems Abstract Aim: To design a new tooth notation system to record and communicate dental and periodontal problems around the world.Methodology: The design of a new tooth notification system is based on the first letter of each tooth class, M-molar, I-incisor, C-canine and P-premolar, termed … Read more

Mini Cooper, Mini Me, Mini Screws for Orthodontics

Orthodontic mini-implant stability and the ratio of pilot hole implant diameter Miwa Uemura,  Mitsuru Motoyoshi,  Shinya Yano,  Masahito Sakaguchi,  Yu Igarashi and Noriyoshi Shimizu Abstract One notable complication of mini-implants that are used to provide anchorage in orthodontic treatment is loosening. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between mini-implant mobility during the … Read more

Design and Development of a Haptic Dental Training System – hapTEL

By Brian Tse, William Harwin, Alastair Barrow, Barry Quinn, Jonathan San Diego and Margaret Cox Abstract This paper presents a novel design of a virtual dental training system (hapTEL) using haptic technology. The system allows dental students to learn and practice procedures such as dental drilling, caries removal and cavity preparation for tooth restoration. This paper focuses on the hardware design, … Read more

From the ADA News – The times they are achangin’

January 17, 2011 Letters to the Editor Oral physicians By Donald B. Giddon, D.M.D., Ph.D. and Brian J. Swann,D.D.S.,M.P.H. Dentists should take their heads out of the sand and recognize the inevitable. The public will ultimately succeed in obtaining more accessible and less costly dental care, and it will not be too long before they … Read more

Guidelines Issued for Antibiotic Prophylaxis With Implanted Heart Devices

Laird Harrison February 17, 2011 — Dental patients should not take prophylactic antibiotics simply because they have pacemakers or implanted defibrillators, according to a new statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). Although 2007 guidelines already exclude these patients from the list of those who need prophylactic antibiotics to prevent endocarditis,the AHA wanted to emphasize … Read more

New Insight on Childhood Dental Disease Revealed by Forsyth Team Read more: New Insight on Childhood Dental Disease Revealed by Forsyth Team

by Kathy Jones on  March 01, 2011 A significant discovery about the nature of childhood dental disease has been made by researchers at The Forsyth Institute. The scientific studies led by Anne Tanner, BDS, Ph.D., identified a new pathogen connected to severe early childhood caries (cavities). This bacterium, Scardovia wiggsiae, was present in the mouths of children … Read more

THIMK DIFFERENT – VIRTUAL CONSULTATIONS

VIDEO FACE CHAT IN THE TREATMENT ROOM iPAD2 PLAYBOOK COGITATE, CEREBRATE, LET YOUR NEURONAL SYNAPSES CRACKLE, IT’S A BRAVE NEW WORLD ALDOUS HUXTABLE Related articles Taking it to the streets – PART DEUX (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Medical Errors and How Doctors Thimk (psychologytoday.com) BlackBerry PlayBook video chat app work-in-progress admits exec (slashgear.com) BlackBerry PlayBook to get FaceTime-like … Read more

Full mouth rehabilitation – CRITICAL THINKING

Another example of the simplicity possible in creating a Clinical eChronicle. More detailed explanation of the procedure, the sophistication can be expanded upon by having an instructive template and the graphic inclusion in this case is aggregate, it can be simplified and standardized based upon the sequence of treatment, lab inclusion images, radiographs, video and … Read more

Stem Cells from Teeth Produce Insulin in Diabetes Study

Lexington, MA (PRWEB) March 9, 2011 Store-A-Tooth (TM) commends the scientists who report in the Journal of Dental Research (JDR) that stem cells from teeth can be transformed into cells that produce insulin in a glucose-dependent manner–a significant step toward developing stem-cell therapies for diabetes.(1) The finding is particularly important for type 1 diabetes, which … Read more

Now THAT’S what I’m blathering about!!!!!

As indicated, there is an initiative being advocated for www.oralhealthjournal.com to create a CLINICAL eCHRONICLE of TREATMENT OUTCOMES……..the industry will be solicited to identify the strength from within their endusers in all disciplines and direct content as you see it here, with perhaps a bit more fleshed out wording to the commentary. As a result, … Read more

Bring your “A” not “Eh!” game……

Between singing and dancing websites (ease up on the text folks, it’s a visual medium, social networking as a marketing tool, a new piece of digital equipment hitting the marketplace daily and the fact that you want to choke one staff member a day, life can be arduous for a dentist. What’s even worse is … Read more