Dentistry

Inaugural Conference of the Academy of Craniofacial Asthestics in India on Occlusion, TMD & Full Mouth Rehabilitation at the Taj Exotica, Goa from September 13th – 15th, 2013.

by Academy of Cranio Facial Aesthetics in India
Academy of Craniofacial Aesthetics in India

We are extremely happy to announce that we have organized a Conference on behalf of the Academy of Craniofacial Aesthetics in India at Taj Exotica, Goa from 13 – 15 September 2013. This is the1st ever Conference by the Academy of Craniofacial Aesthetics in India and 1st ever conference on Craniofacial Aesthetics with World renowned … Read more

The Canadian Academy of Restorative Dentistry & Prosthodontics would like to invite you to join us for our 21st Annual Scientific Meeting

by Canadian Academy of Restorative Dentistry & Prosthodontics (CARDP)
Canadian Academy of Restorative Dentistry & Prosthodontics (CARDP)

Canadian Academy of Restorative Dentistry & Prosthodontics 21st Annual Scientific Meeting  Vancouver Renaissance Harbourside HotelVancouver, British ColumbiaSeptember 25th – 28th, 2013Members and Non Members Welcome! Plus join us for our social events to experience “The Best of Vancouver” Register Today at: www.cardp.ca Host Hotel: Vancouver Renaissance Harbourside Hotel 1128 West Hastings Street , Vancouver, BC V6E … Read more

University of Buffalo receives $1.2 million grant to train future oral health researchers

by The University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo

 The Department of Oral Biology in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Training Grant to allow PhD students and postdoctoral fellows to engage in critical oral health research in areas such as salivary gland physiology and oral infectious diseases. The National Research Service Award … Read more

TEREC, NA Holds Second Meeting for 2013 in Saint Louis, Missouri

by TEREC NA Technical Research Consortium of North America
TEREC

TEREC, NA (Technical Research Consortium of North America) meets in Saint Louis, Missouri. TEREC is a strategic alliance of leading regional dental laboratories across the United States and Canada. Their member laboratories are independently owned and they supply thousands of dentists with quality products and services. Their 3 day meeting was focused on best practices, … Read more

Scientists Present Key Findings On New Applications For The Canary System

by The Canary System
The Canary System

Quantum Dental Technologies (QDT) announced the findings from two key presentations last week at the 60th Congress of the European Organization for Caries Research (ORCA) in Liverpool, United Kingdom. In the first study, lesion depth of natural caries was correlated with the readings from The Canary System, DIAGNOdent (DD), and the ICDAS II (a visual … Read more

FDI President addresses LLL symposium in Sri Lanka

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FDI World Dental Federation

FDI President Orlando Monteiro da Silva was one among four speakers to address a special Live.Learn.Laugh. (LLL) symposium held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 28 June. The symposium was held within the context of the Joint International Conference of the Sri Lanka Dental Association (SLDA) 80th Anniversary Annual Scientific Sessions, part of FDI’s worldwide Continuing … Read more

Vision 2020 Implementation Workshop. Part 1: Collaborative Practice

by FDI World Dental Federation
FDI World Dental Federation

Some 20 delegates assembled in Geneva from 19 to 21 June 2013 for an Implementation Workshop on two themes extracted from FDI’s landmark Vision 2020 initiative: intra- and extra-professional collaborative practice; and oral health data collection, indicators and surveillance. The workshop heralded the move from mapping the world of dentistry in terms of threats and … Read more

DenMat Unveils New Global Headquarters

by DenMat
DenMat

DenMat, a leading manufacturer of innovative aesthetic dentistry and advanced oral health solutions, proudly unveiled their new global headquarters in Lompoc, California with a festive Open House.  All of the guests were warmly welcomed by the Company’s CEO Mr. Steve Semmelmayer and members of the management team. The evening event featured a brief presentation about … Read more

Successful Light Curing – Not As Easy As It Looks

by Howard E. Strassler, DMD
Figure 10B. Nanohybrid composite resin light-cured in a translucent cylindrical matrix holding the light at a 45 degree angle and within 0.5-mm distance to the top surface of the cylinder-note incomplete depth of cure for the length and the angle due to the position of the curing light (20 seconds of light-curing with LED curing light measured at 1200 mW/cm2).

Dentists assume that activating a light-curing device reliably and predictably light cures restorative materials. There are many factors that must be considered when light-curing resin adhesives, resin-based composites, resin cements, etc., to ensure the quality and durability of the restorations being placed. Clinicians have choices in the light-curing devices they use. Despite appearances that all … Read more

Wireless Digital Sensors

by George Freedman DDS, FACD, FAACD, FADFE
Figure 11. ScanX Swift, a countertop scanner for size 0, 1 and 2 digital PSP sensor.

When digital dental radiography was first introduced in the late 1980s, conventional X-rays had been used for almost a century. Over the years, the radiograph expanded the dentist’s investigative capacity in many ways; it was possible to confirm health, or to detect disease, in many previously invisible areas of concern to the profession including coronally, … Read more

Incandescent to Halogen to Diode: The Evolution of Visual Diagnostics

by Dr. Ira Hoffman DDS, FADI, FIADFE
Figure 10. Illumination at higher level.

Lighting technology has evolved dramatically over the past century. With the introduction of gas and incandescent lighting, dentists were finally able to shed some light on the teeth that they were treating. The illuminated visual access enhanced diagnosis and facilitated more precision in dental procedures. As the use of light-focusing bulbs and light-reflective surfaces matured, … Read more

Bruxism/Snoring Monitor: Measure, Analyze, Categorize and Treat

by Jeffory Wyscarver, RPSGT
Figure 4. Report summarizes a patient successfully treated with an oral appliance and no significant bruxism needed.

The diagnosis and management of dental disease implies an effort by the practitioner and the dental team to identify and assess the problem as early as possible. This is consistent with the generally accepted principle that early treatment is likely the most conservative, least invasive, and most likely to achieve optimal results for the patient. … Read more

Increased Predictability in Tooth Shade-Matching

by Kelvin I. Afrashtehfar, DDS, MSc(C)
Figure 7. By holding the shade tab's incisal edge to the incisal edge of the natural tooth reduces afterimages.

FOUNDATION OF ESTHETIC DENTISTRYCosmetic and esthetic dental outcomes are essential to meet patients’ high expectations and positively influence their self-esteem.1,2 Shape and color determine the aesthetics of both natural and restored teeth.3-6 Attractive restorative and prosthodontic outcomes begin with a consistent buccal shape and silhouette that reflect light.7 The perceived color of natural teeth depends … Read more

Can an Instrument Make a Difference?

by By Howard S. Glazer, DDS, FAGD
Figure 15. Finished and polished with invisible margins.

The simple answer is yes. But to truly understand why it can make a difference it is necessary to understand the problem. There has been a sharp rise in the past decade in the use and direct placement of composite resin restorations. Materials have become stronger, more aesthetic with a wide shade range, and able … Read more

Modifications to Class II GV Black Preparations for Composite Resin

by Dr. Peter Walford, DDS, FCARDP
Table 1.

This article follows a previous article titled “Design Principles for Composite Class II Prep­arations,” published in Oral Health December 2012. This article will further illustrate the clinical rendition of the five axioms guiding enamel preparation, and the five axioms guiding dentin preparation, to optimize Class II composite preparations (Figs. 1 & 2). CLASS II ISTHMUS … Read more

Ayuda 2013

by Dr. Timothy Milligan, DDS and Melissa Milligan, DMD
Volunteerism

This past April, Doctors Timothy and Melissa Milligan had the privilege of joining forces with AYUDA to provide dental care to an underprivileged population of a town that’s an hour outside of Antigua, Guatemala. AYUDA is the Spanish translation for “help” and that is exactly what this organization strives to do. Founded 47 years ago … Read more