GSK announces new NovaMin-containing dental formulation for sensitive teeth

From News Medical This year, for the first time, millions of Americans will be protecting their sensitive teeth with NovaMin in everyday dental products. Co-inventor Gary Hack, DDS, couldn’t be happier. “To know that our invention will now have a positive impact globally on dental pain and help those individuals suffering from sensitive teeth is … Read more

YES, YES, THERE IS A GOD!!!!!!!!!

Students favor digital tools for learning radiographic anatomyBy Kathy Kincade, Editor in Chief DrBuspid.com March 16, 2011 — An interactive learning tool developed by researchers at the University of Queensland to enhance the learning of oral radiographic anatomy and interpretation received a warm welcome from dental students at the school who got to test-drive it … Read more

A day made of glass

Watch “A Day Made of Glass” and take a look at Corning‘s vision for the future with specialty glass at the heart of it……coming to a dental office near you in the next decade…… Related articles The future is touchscreen glass – everywhere, all around us and it’ll be awesome (dvice.com) Corning’s glass video shatters … 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

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

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

If it seems to good be true, it usually isn’t!

I urge you to read the link on Implant Training below first and then perhaps the essence of this posting will come to the fore.  If the term implants were changed to endo or ortho or pick the discipline du jour, the same commentary could be written…….the argument can be made that increasingly, market is … Read more

DentalEZ® Group Acquires Trimira’s® Identafi® 3000 ultra

Press Release: DentalEZ’s First Step in the Evolution Toward a More Clinical Product Offering Malvern, PA (March 4, 2011) – DentalEZ® Group, a supplier of innovative products and services for dental health professionals worldwide, and Trimira®, a subsidiary of Remicalm LLC, a developer of biomedical and bio-optics technologies, are proud to announce the recent purchase by DentalEZ Group of Trimira’s … Read more