“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign/Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind/Do this, don’t do that/Can’t you read the sign?” – Signs by The Five Man Electrical Band A repeated discussion that I have with colleagues is that dentistry, as a profession, is over-regulated. While it’s true that we have rules governing everything in our practices … Read more
SPRIX® (ketorolac tromethamine) Nasal Spray is the first and only intranasal NSAID, a novel form of ketorolac tromethamine, a proven pain reliever used in hospitals for more than 20 years.1 SPRIX® combines the strength of non-narcotic ketorolac2 with the advantages of a patient-administered nasal spray. POTENT PAIN RELIEF – SPRIX® provides hospital-strength analgesia2 inside and outside the hospital for patients with moderate to moderately severe pain. … Read more
From Forbes In a New York Times Op-Ed piece on Monday, Eric Topol comments on last week’s announcement by the FDA that it was changing the label for statins. Topol focuses on the new warning that statins raise the risk of diabetes. He opens with a provocative statement: We’re overdosing on cholesterol-lowering statins, and the consequence could be a … Read more
From our good friend Chaniotis Antonis – DTStudy Club – Endo Implant Algorithm Email: antch@otenet.gr Website: http://www.endotreatment.gr/ Uploaded by NikosMattheos on Feb 24, 2012 – The following video presents the case of a male patient under treatment with iv Bisphosphonates for osteoporosis. The patient received a dental implant in replacement of a fractured 21.The treatment rationale and procedures are being presented and … Read more
Dear Valued Customer, I want to take a moment and share some exciting Lexicomp news with you, one of our valued customers. Very soon, we will be launching a new interface for our Online product — The Next Generation of Lexicomp Online for Dentistry. Re-engineered for increased speed, ease and intelligence, this new interface will … Read more
By Rabia Mughal, Contributing Editor Dr.Biscuspid January 6, 2012 — The antibiotic prescribing practices of dentists for odontogenic infections in children do not appear to be in line with recommended professional guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) and the ADA, according to a survey in theJournal of the American Dental Association (January 2012, Vol. 143:1, pp. … Read more
Extrapolate the concept…think this outside the box….talk to a dental company Quintiles is expanding its healthcare social media reach with the launch of a new digital business unit that will help the company recruit patients for clinical trials. The new Digital Patient unit builds on the clinical research organization’s existing services for clinical trial recruitment and brings together … Read more
I’m devastated; I feel even worse than I did with Kim and Kris split. You’re simply going to have to read the following article on your own…..sorry, I have to take to my bed right now. The worst part, Rihanna did NOT invite me to the Barbados to help Katy through this trying period…….. Updating … Read more
IT’S become commonplace to criticize the “Occupy” movement for failing to offer an alternative vision. But the thousands of activists in the streets of New York and London aren’t the only ones lacking perspective: economists, to whom we might expect to turn for such vision, have long since given up thinking in terms of economic … Read more
From Marty Jablow DMD – Dental News and Technology Peedikayil FC. Antibiotics: Use and misuse in pediatric dentistry. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent 2011;29:282-7 Antibiotics are commonly used in dentistry for prophylactic as well as for therapeutic purposes. Most often antibiotics are used in unwarranted situations, which may give rise to resistant bacterial strains. … Read more
Sorry about the length but as I’ve indicated in the past…….no archive, no Word Press…..SOB!!!!! Also can’t paste Dr. Wynn’s image – sharp looking dude, again NO WORD PRESS………..SOBBBB!!!!! Dr. Richard L. Wynn is Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Maryland Dental School. He holds a BS degree in Pharmacy and a PhD degree in … Read more
Before you read any further, please check out the website http://www.mis-implants.com/ – “some” companies are gittin’ it…….now to the point…… From Dr. Bicuspid October 18, 2011 — What can you do for a patient whose braces are shredding the inside of their mouth? Dental implant maker MIS Implants Technologies has created a product called the PerioPatch that the company … Read more
From Pioneering Ideas – September 29, 2011 The latest iteration of ResistanceMap, an interactive web-based tool that tracks drug resistance in North America and Europe, was launched recently by Extending the Cure, a Pioneer-supported research project that explores policy solutions to the growing threat of antibiotic resistance. (ETC director Ramanan Laxminarayan sums up the initiative’s approach wonderfully in a recent article … Read more
From Reuters Health Information September 9, 2011 — ADELPHI, Md. (Reuters) – U.S. health advisers are considering a time limit for taking a class of drugs used by millions of women to prevent bone fractures, due to concerns over unusual fractures linked to the medicines and possible higher cancer rates. Two U.S. Food and Drug Administration … Read more
Wall Street Journal – August 3, 2011 – by Ron Winslow – Medtronics and Infuse in the news. Medtronic Inc. said Wednesday that it is giving Yale University a $2.5 million grant to conduct an ambitious,independent review of the safety and effectiveness of its controversial spine treatment called Infuse Bone Graft. Under terms of the pact, … Read more
By Kerry Grens – July 28, 2011 (Reuters Health) – Expectant mothers who have gum disease are less likely to deliver their babies prematurely if they use mouthwash throughout their pregnancy, a new study suggests. Pregnant women with gum disease, also called periodontal disease, are known to have more preemies than women with healthy gums. … Read more
From Science Daily – July1, 2011 In the cover article of this month’s Journal of the American Dental Association, a group of nine dentists, pharmacists, and addiction experts provides new research and recommendations to help dentists combat, rather than contribute to, abuse of addictive painkillers. Read more Related articles Research examines dentists’ role in painkiller abuse (medicalxpress.com) … Read more
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