Weekly Wisdom: Obtaining an Accurate Diagnosis

  This week’s Weekly Wisdom video presents Dr. Mark Lin explaining how dental clinicians can obtain an accurate diagnosis to ensure they provide accurate treatment options for patients.   Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to your inbox each week!   Sponsored by  Carestream Dental offers solutions for dental practitioners, including … Read more

Dentists Underdiagnose When Faced With Time Pressure, Research Shows

Dentists can miss important details on x-rays when put under time pressure, according to new research led by the University of Plymouth. The study, published in the Journal of Dentistry, showed that primary care dentists missed 67% of bone loss and 40% of tooth decay on a sample of dental x-rays, when given limited time to assess them. … Read more

KaVo DIAGNOcam: A Novel Look at Caries

On the occasion of the IDS 2017, KaVo presents a software update with extended product features for the DIAGNOcam caries diagnosis instrument. The KaVo DIAGNOcam utilises the tooth’s structures for caries diagnosis. For this purpose, light is introduced into the root of the tooth, which then serves as a light conductor. The light shines through … Read more

Keep an eye on S-Ray Incorporated – cbCT may only be the beginning

One of Dr. Ken Johnson’s patients at his dental office in Corvallis, Oregon was a timber products engineer who had a painful tooth. The patient did not want an x-ray due to radiation. An x-ray would have been little benefit, since the problem tooth had a metal crown and x-ray would not penetrate the metal. … Read more