If you can do it in LA, you can do it everywhere….

Imagine a world where dentists wear holsters filled with Botox syringes…yup, it’s a comin’ pardner… Report: market for Botox® is growing at a rate of 9% annually, and dentists are poised to capture a significant portion of this market California dentists can now perform Botox and dermal filler procedures for dental esthetic and dental therapeutic … Read more

How to place better composites…

From the AACD blog….. AACD member, Dr. Amanda Seay, presents a how-to piece in the current issue of Dental Products Report, “How to better place posterior composites” using Ivoclar Vivadent‘s Tetric EvoCeram to help solve premature polymerization problems. Read it online here: http://bit.ly/qKrOUi Related articles Agenesis of the lateral incisors treated with Straumann Bone Level implants and Etkon … Read more

Electronic dental lab prescriptions report available for comment

Email encryption anon…….the latest consideration at the RCDSO – so says “word on the street”. Something is in the wind at the Royal College in Ontario in regard to online referral forms and medical questionnaires, but it’s “in camera”……hmmmm………..In that vein…….. June 27, 2011The ADA Standards Committee on Dental Informatics has approved for circulation and … Read more

Closing the Gaps in Women’s Oral Care Education and Research

Contact – Merideth Menken, ADEA Media Relations – MenkenM@adea.org   WASHINGTON, April 21 (AScribe Newswire) — Emerging data indicate the unique effects of oral cancer, periodontal disease, obesity, violence, and other factors on women’s health. The American Dental Education Association (ADEA), with National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women’s Health sponsorship, will … Read more

Taking it to the streets – PART DEUX

I’d like to reinforce the concept of how this blog can evolve into an e-CASE REPORT section on www.oralhealthjournal.com – won’t get into too many details, however, there is serious discussion with a very well known company that produces extraordinary animations and has a wealth of discussion forum, website design and patient education background.  The … Read more

Oh!! Canada……….

July 15, 2010By: Rosemary Frei,M.Sc. Canadian children who need dental treatment wait far too long to receive that care, according to the Wait Time Alliance’s 2010 Report Card, released in June. “We didn’t really have an idea of the scope of the problem until now.”— James Wright, M.D., University of     Toronto From the beginning of 2009 to the … Read more

Trends in Implant Markets

The following information was researched and compiled by the Millennium Research Group in Toronto, ON, Canada [416-364-7776; www.mrg.net] Image via Wikipedia From their Executive Summary of the 2009 Implant Report: “The European dental implant market, comprising sales of dental implant fixtures, final abutments, and other tools in Italy,Germany, Spain, France, Sweden, the UK, and Switzerland, … Read more