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Study Shows Dramatic Rise in Antibiotics Prescribed to Dental Patients in England During COVID-19 Lockdown Earlier This Year

11/16/2020 by FDI

FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) releases new White Paper on antibiotic resistance to mark World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. One of the unintended consequences of the COVID-19 lockdowns in England earlier this year has been a 25 per cent increase in the prescription of antibiotics by dentists, according to a new study published today in the British Dental Journal (BDJ). … Read more

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Phillips ZOOM WhiteSpeed Lamp

08/31/202111/13/2020 by Irene Iancu, BSc, RDH, CDTP

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Hi I’m @Toothlife.Irene and I’m so excited to welcome you to Toothlife Tests! Our goal is to share the awesome products used in every day dental hygiene life. Some perhaps you’ve tried before and others that are new. Each month I have the pleasure of working with unique companies, products and technology to share with … Read more

X-PUR Opti-Rinse Plus New 1L Bottles, An Alternative to Chlorhexidine Oral Rinses

11/12/2020 by Oral Science

Oral Science is pleased to announce that it is now offering, additionally to the 500 ML bottles, 1L bottles of its X-PUR Opti-Rinse Plus 0.05% NaF grape flavor and 0.2% NaF mint flavor as an alternative to chlorhexidine oral rinses. In fact, an in-vitro study showed similar antibacterial effects than chlorhexidine against P. Gingivalis (gingivitis), … Read more

Dentsply Sirona and Panthera Dental Announce Collaboration: Fully Digital Workflow for Custom-Made Sleep Devices

11/12/2020 by

Dentists now have the opportunity to use Primescan in a new area of application: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and snoring, which affects up to 3.61 billion people worldwide and is a growing market. Dentsply Sirona has therefore signed an agreement to collaborate with Panthera Dental (Quebec, Canada) to offer a validated and fully digital workflow … Read more

Oral Science Brings Its Minty Fresh Take on Oral Health Directly to Consumers

11/11/2020 by Oral Science

The health experts at Oral Science have finally taken the leap into the B2C market. This comes after years of distributing their dental hygiene products to a customer base primarily comprised of professionals such as dental hygienists, dentists, and pharmacists in the company’s home country of Canada. Looking to capitalize on their past success, throughout 2020, … Read more

Valuable Lessons Learned from a Global Pandemic

11/10/2020 by Mark H.E. Lin, BSc, DDS, MSc(Prostho), FRCD(C); Peter Barry, CMC., RRDH.

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In March 2020, as Corona virus cases grew rapidly, it was advised that routine, non-essential oral health care be delayed until there had been sufficient reduction in COVID-19 transmission rates. What followed was an almost complete global shut down of most sectors of our society. While these measures have been central to mitigating the spread … Read more

Dental Implants: A True Life Changing Experience for a Functionally Compromised Patient: A Case Report of a Maxillary and Mandibular Rehabilitation with a Dental Implant Retained Prosthesis

11/10/2020 by Mark H.E. Lin, BSc, DDS, MSc(Prostho), FRCD(C); Dr. Joshua Shieh BDS.,MDS (Perio, India)

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INTRODUCTION The goal of modern dentistry is to restore the patient to normal contour, function, comfort, esthetics, speech, and health, whether by removing caries from a tooth or replacing several teeth. What makes implant dentistry unique is the ability to achieve this goal, regardless of the atrophy, disease, or injury of the stomatognathic system. However, … Read more

An Overview on Dental Wear

11/10/2020 by Mario Rotella, DDS, Cert. Prostho., FRCD (C)

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Dental wear is a general term that can be used to describe the surface loss of dental hard tissues from causes other than dental caries, trauma or as a result of developmental disorders. It is a normal physiological process that is macroscopically irreversible; Lambrechts et al.1 estimated the normal vertical loss of enamel from physiological … Read more

Prosthodontic Rehabilitation of an Adult Patient with Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia: A case report

11/10/2020 by Cecilia Aragon DDS, MS, FRCD(c), FACP

Background: Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED) is a genetic condition characterized by abnormal development of two or more structures of the ectoderm. HED is the most common form of ectodermal dysplasia, and is characterised by the cardinal features of hypohidrosis (due to hypoplasia of sweat glands), hypotrichosis (sparseness of scalp and body hair) and oligodontia. Four … Read more

Restorative Treatment Following Canine Substitution for Maxillary Lateral Incisor Agenesis: A Case Report

11/10/2020 by Naheed Janmohamed, DMD

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Introduction Aesthetic dilemmas created by congenitally missing teeth in the maxillary anterior segment pose a challenge for dentists not only in achieving harmony between hard and soft tissues but also in producing a conservative and functional result. Maxillary lateral incisors and first premolars are among the most common congenitally missing teeth.1,2 The first step in … Read more

The Strategic Use of Compromised Teeth/Tooth Roots to Help Serve as Abutments for a Fixed Provisional Prosthesis During Implant Reconstruction

11/10/2020 by Domenic Belcastro, DDS

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Convenient Engineering’, a term coined by Michael Cohen ‘Interdisciplinary Treatment Planning, Quint Dec. 2011’, states that “while planning cases on ‘auto-pilot’ may save time and money and may be compatible with both the wishes of the dentist and the patient, it may also be thought of as ‘CONVENIENT ENGINEERING’ and is not necessarily in the … Read more

The Interdisciplinary Approach to Patient Care: Two Case Reports

11/10/2020 by Neena L. D’Souza, BDS, MDS, Dip. (Prostho), MSc, FRCD, GCSRT (Harvard); Girish S. Deshpande, BDS, MDS (Ortho), FRCD

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Abstract Patients present to us dental professionals with complex restorative problems seeking our help. These problems often do not have straight forward solutions. A seemingly innocuous restoration such as a crown is often complicated by problems such as inadequate tooth structure, the pulpal and periodontal status of the tooth, the position of the tooth in … Read more

Alternative Verification Jig for the Assessment of Mandibular Flexure

11/10/2020 by Jonathan C Wong B.Sc, D.D.S, F.R.C.D(C)

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PATIENT: M, Age: 62, ASA II (pharmacological management of hypertension and high cholesterol). CHIEF COMPLAINT: Patient presented for the fabrication of a mandibular implant supported fixed prosthesis, with implants having been placed 6 months ago. CLINICAL FINDINGS: Maxillary arch contained a fixed implant supported prosthesis with implants in the 17, 16, 14, 13, 22, 23, … Read more

Provisional Restorations in Fixed Prosthodontics: An Essential Step for Success

11/13/202011/10/2020 by Oliver Pin-Harry, DDS, MS, Cert. Prostho, FRCD(C), FACP

Introduction Provisional restorations, by definition, have a limited lifespan of utilization in fixed prosthodontic treatments. They have alternatively been referred to as “interim” or “transitional” restorations. Some clinicians and patients alike, may be tempted to minimize and devalue their importance specifically due to their transitional nature.1 By extension, it can be inappropriate to refer to … Read more

Solutions for Stress-Induced Bruxism: You Can’t Treat Patient Anxiety, But New Technology Can Help You Treat Its Symptoms

11/10/2020 by Lou Shuman, DMD, CAGS, CEO and Founder of Cellerant Consulting

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Of all the ways that COVID-19 is rewriting our expectations for this year, new safety protocols tend to grab the most headlines. There is a story that doesn’t grab the “front page” as often, but is quietly making its way into not only dental journals, but mainstream national media: Tooth grinding. Between COVID, the economy, … Read more

WHO Revises Advice on COVID-19 and the Provision of Oral Health Services

11/10/202011/09/2020 by Bite Magazine

After successful representation by the FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) along with the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), the WHO guideline, Considerations for the provision of essential oral health services in the context of COVID-19, now refers to ‘non-urgent’ rather than ‘non-essential’ oral health care. This welcome change follows the initial release of the guideline … Read more

Mechanism Linking Gum Disease to Heart Disease, Other Inflammatory Conditions Discovered

11/10/202011/09/2020 by University of Toronto

U of T Dentistry researchers find first evidence that neutrophil immune cell activity is the missing link connecting periodontal disease with heart disease, cancer, and other inflammatory conditions The link between periodontal (gum) disease and other inflammatory conditions such as heart disease and diabetes has long been established, but the mechanism behind that association has, until … Read more

N.W.T Dentists Frustrated with Government as Regulations Prevent Them From Going to Communities

11/03/2020 by CBC

Dr. Pirjo Friedman hasn’t travelled to see her dental clients in smaller N.W.T. communities since March when she was in Łutselk’e, N.W.T. “We had two more patients to see but yet, we were not allowed to continue … Obviously I have worried about all of those patients,” said Freidman, a dentist with Adam Dental Clinic in Yellowknife. … Read more