Dentistry

Study Finds Variability in Antibiotic Prescribing with Scaling and Root Planing

by ADA
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More periodontists than general dentists prescribe antibiotics with scaling and root planing, highlighting differences in antibiotic prescription patterns, according to a study published in the October issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association. “Antibiotic Prescription Patterns Among US General Dentists and Periodontists” looked at the responses of 256 members of the American Dental Association … Read more

U.S. Town Employee Quietly Lowered Fluoride in Water for Years

by CTV News
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Residents of a small community in Vermont were blindsided last month by news that one official in their water department quietly lowered fluoride levels nearly four years ago, giving rise to worries about their children’s dental health and transparent government – and highlighting the enduring misinformation around water fluoridation. Katie Mather, who lives in Richmond, … Read more

23,000 Hamilton Kids Missed Dental Screening Over the Pandemic

by The Hamilton Spectator
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About 23,000 Hamilton kids missed dental screening during the pandemic that needs to be caught up this school year. Despite COVID still taking up significant resources, public health has started to bring back more programs that were put on hold for two-and-a-half years. Kids are a big focus of the returning programs with staggered starts from June to October. View … Read more

Oral Science is Proud to Offer the New EMS Ebook Business Cases

by Oral Science
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Guided Biofilm Therapy (GBT) accounts for amazing success enjoyed by dental clinicians around the world. They may come from different regions and cultures but they all speak the same language: The GBT language. EMS stands for Electro Medical Systems, the market leader in oral prophylaxis and prevention, inventor of the original technologies PIEZON® NO PAIN … Read more

Dental Hygienists Go Mobile, Give Oral Care to Migrant Workers and Ukrainian Refugees

by CTV News
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A church basement was transformed into a make-shift dentist’s office on Saturday, as dental hygienists are raising awareness about the services they can provide, increasing access to oral care. The Gift from the Heart event was a charity tooth cleaning operation at St. Patrick of the Island Church in Ile Perrot, where about a dozen migrant … Read more

Engineered Dental Coating Exceeds Hardness of Natural Tooth Enamel

by Nick Lavars, New Atlas
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As the hardest tissue in the human body, enamel is not an easy material for engineers to mimic, but doing so could mean big things in materials science and regenerative medicine. Researchers are now reporting a breakthrough in this area, by tweaking the composition of a naturally occurring mineral to emulate the microstructure of natural … Read more

5,000 Procedures, 300 Emergencies: Low-cost Dental Clinic Filling Big Need

by The London Free Press
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Planning hurdles, construction cost overruns and COVID-19 curveballs to top it all off. More than five years since plans for the dental clinic for low-income Londoners got underway, and about 18 months since it quietly opened, the Wright Clinic has treated more than 600 patients. “Things have been going well,” clinic founder Ken Wright said … Read more

Screening Tools Help Dentists and Doctors Assess and Treat Vexing Symptoms

by Regenstrief Institute
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A recent study from Indiana University School of Dentistry and Regenstrief Institute presents and validates a new brief screening tool to measure patient-reported symptoms of Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD). The TMD-7 is the most recent screening tool co-developed by Regenstrief Institute Research Scientist Kurt Kroenke, M.D. In addition to the new TMD-7 screener, which will help … Read more

Understanding Oral Health in HPV-related Oropharyngeal Cancer in People with HIV

by Emory University
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Little is known about why people living with HIV have a much higher rate of oral human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) than the general population. And it’s not only those with advanced untreated HIV infection, known as AIDS Supported by a five-year, $3.9 million RO1 grant from the National Institutes of … Read more

INNOVATION IN EDUCATION: Meet Surgio – Columbia Dentoform® Launches NEW Surgical Manikin

by DENTALEZ
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Columbia Dentoform, by DENTALEZ®, is excited to announce the launch of Surgio, a new surgical manikin that will change the landscape of dental education. As part of DENTALEZ’s renewed focus on applying innovation to solve everyday dentistry challenges, we created Surgio to offer dental and CE students hyper-accurate, true-to-life surgical practice before working on live … Read more

Dentsply Sirona Launches Novel Sustainability Educational Curriculum for Dental Professionals Following Study Results Indicating Knowledge Gaps

by Dentsply Sirona
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Marking the first anniversary of its sustainability strategy ‘BEYOND: Taking Action for a Brighter World’, Dentsply Sirona launches its Sustainability Educational Curriculum to help dentists make their own practices more sustainable. Sustainability in dentistry is now a key challenge for the oral healthcare sector, with a large majority of dentists – 7 out of 10 … Read more

Behind Every Hurricane is a Rainbow

by Lisa Philp RDH
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A rainbow has arrived – no more fallow time! For years, dentistry has weathered the pandemic storm (“Hurricane”) of shut-down, isolation, cabin fever, new normal and re-build. It experienced waves of shock, fear, worry, paralysis, confusion, conflict, loss and change. It demanded us to work together, seek help and lead like never before, regardless of … Read more

Keep Patients and Profits In-house with DGShape Chairside Milling

by Lou Shuman, DMD, CAGS, CEO and Founder of Cellerant Consulting
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A look into my music room will always find equipment from Roland – a trusted leader in the music industry – that manufactures keyboards, amplifiers, synthesizers and other precision music technology. I’m thrilled to report that Roland’s sister company, Roland DGA, has brought its manufacturing excellence directly to the practitioner’s office with DGSHAPE open architecture … Read more

FDI World Dental Federation Launches Toolkit on How to Make Dentistry More Sustainable

by FDI World Dental Federation
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Dental practices can use the tools as a guide to make their work more environmentally sustainable and by tracking progress they can achieve recognition awards for their efforts. FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) today launched a Toolkit for Sustainable Dentistry, to help dental practices understand what actions they can take to ensure their work is … Read more

‘Stop-gap’ Funding Foreshadows Possible Concerns with Federal Dental Plan, Association Says

by CBC
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The Ontario Dental Association is raising concerns about the early details that have emerged about the proposed federal dental care program, even as it supports the overall goal of funding dental work for millions of Canadians. “Right now, it’s not a dental plan,” said David Stevenson, a spokesperson for the association and its former president. “This is a stop-gap … Read more

Different Physical Stressors Cause Mercury To Be Released from Dental Amalgam Fillings

by Bite Magazine
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The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) is raising awareness of a systematic review indicating a wide variety of common activities significantly accelerates the release of mercury from amalgam dental fillings. The results of the study—published in the Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering—found that exposure to static magnetic fields (SMF) such as those generated … Read more

As Part of Ottawa’s New Affordability Package, the Interim Dental Care Plan Pays Up to $650 Per Child

by Canada Today
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Families with young children are entitled to checks worth up to $650 per child under an interim version of the Liberal government’s new dental care plan, which it agreed to implement under a parliamentary agreement with the NDP. Two sources familiar with the announcement said the original 2022 program will apply to families with children … Read more

Ottawa to Announce Details of Dental-care Plan for Low-income Families, Sources Say

by CBC
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to announce new measures to tackle inflation, including details of a plan for dental care for low-income families, a one-time benefit for low-income renters and a temporary boost to the GST credit — all part of a plan to fulfil a deal between the federal Liberals and the NDP. Sources in both parties … Read more

TempStars Delivers $22 Million in Revenue to Dental Offices

by TempStars
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TempStars, North America’s largest and most respected dental temping and hiring service, announced that since its founding it has helped dental offices create more than $22 million in revenue. Along the way, the company has partnered with more than 6,000 dental offices across Canada and the United States, delivering meaningful connections between hygienists and dental assistants to … Read more