Mobile Tower Radiation Increasing Risk Of Oral Problems

Radiation from mobile phone towers could be a reason for increasing oral problems in people, said a doctor at Saveetha Dental College and Hospital here on Wednesday. “The environment plays an important part in the health and oral health. Even the radiation from the cell phone towers can be a reason for oral problems,” said … Read more

Tru-Align reduces x-ray dose by 60% – Dale Miles

Tru-Align uses rectangular collimation to reduce radiation from dental x-rays, improve dental radiograph clarity and reduce digital x-ray retakes. By following the ALARA principle, Tru-Align protects patients and professionals. Intriguing new product. Related articles The Truth About Dental X-Rays (excursives.com) There’s No Such Thing as Safe Radiation (pakos.me)

DMFR, CSIS, FBI, NSA, CIA, KGB, FSB – which one applies to dentistry?

For those of you who haven’t been introduced to DrBicuspid as yet, you should make it a serious priority – Kathy Kincade and her team are simply the best of the best……I read her everyday as she is an important lead into finding salient and relevant information for this blog…..her lead entry today…which you can … Read more

Cell phone exposure increases brain cell activity – but NOT in Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Porsche or SUV drivers

February 22, 2011 6:06 p.m. EST The radiation emitted after 50 minutes on a mobile phone increases activity in brain cells. STORY HIGHLIGHTSBy Danielle Dellorto The study looks at how radiation from cell phones affects brain function Glucose metabolism is a normal function in the brain The impact of increased brain activity in children has … Read more

Certify me, certify you blues – And one I sneaked in cuz the server got wonky – called Case Reports wanted from Canadian dentists

From Dr. Bicuspid PreXion offers lower radiation CBCT system By DrBicuspid Staff February 18, 2011 — PreXion plans to showcase its new 3D cone-beam CT (CBCT) system, the PreXion3D Elite with CLEARimage scanning technology, at the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting next week. The new system incorporates PreXion’s CLEARimage technology, which produces high-quality, high-definition images while reducing radiation exposure … 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

Ontario considers easing restrictions on dental CBCT – Huzzah, Huzzah!

COPYRIGHT DR. BICUSPIDJanuary 18, 2011 — Health officials in Ontario, Canada, are considering revising a moratorium that prohibits any dental practitioner in the province who is not also an oral radiologist to buy or install cone-beam CT (CBCT) equipment. All radiology equipment in Ontario is regulated by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care through … Read more

AAOMR president: NY Times CBCT article hits the mark

From Dr. Bicuspid – December 17, 2010 — The November 23 New York Times article by Walt Bogdanich and Jo Craven McGinty is to be welcomed as it poses questions that are relevant to the safety of the most susceptible of our population, namely children being imaged using ionizing radiation for dental care. It further asks timely questions on … Read more

It never rains, but what it pours

There are two potentially cataclysmic events today……the first is the possibility that Bristol Palin may win Dancing with the Stars and in all candour, the Decline and Fall of the American Empire must then be written by someone from Fox News and once again, the media is doing the “sky is falling, sky is falling” … Read more

An epidemic happening in slow motion

Read at your peril………as a profession, we worried about cbCT abuse and dose over-exposure and yet, we don’t have to be certified to use cell phones…………… Visit – http://cellphonehealthfacts.com – after you’ve read below and after you’ve gulped hard several dozen times……..THINK… By Randall Stross: WARNING: Holding a cellphone against your ear may be hazardous to your … Read more

HPA Publishes Guidance On Using Dental Scanners – Rule Britannia

From Dental Forum – Medical News Today RADIATION protection guidance for dentists using certain new types of scanners, is published by the Health Protection Agency.  In the past few years specialist dental surgeries all over the UK have been introducing Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) technology to aid treatment. The scanners are similar to those … Read more

The war on small FOV cbCT continues unabated

Each province in Canada and each State in the U.S. regulates the use of equipment that produces ionizing radiation within their own geographical areas.  Although federal guidelines exist in each country, the provinces and states interpret and regulate based on those guidelines in different ways. The rules in North Carolina are therefore different from the rules in Texas, or Ontario, or California.,,) In … Read more

Cone Beam Cases – you learn cbCT “ONLINE!”

US site: http://www.kodakdental.com/en/digital-imaging/extraoral-3d-imaging/9000/clinical-cases.aspx Canada site: http://ca.kodakdental.com/en/digital-imaging/extraoral-3d-imaging/9000/clinical-cases.aspx The proliferation of small FOV cone beam tomography for endodontics and periodontics should by all rights be in place all across Canada at this moment………only Ontario is lagging and dragging it’s feet…… The way to learn technical considerations, radiation safety and diagnostic interpretation is online………..these two links are a … Read more