Gold-mounted dentures worn by Winston Churchill when he made some of his most famous speeches during World War II are expected to fetch $7,500 at an auction to be held July 29 in Norfolk, U.K., according to a story in the Daily Mail. Churchill, the prime minister of Great Britain during World War II, wore the dentures when he rallied England during its darkest days in the fight against Nazi
The Violight ultraviolet-light toothbrush sanitizer was less effective than Listerine and hydrogen peroxide in reducing bacteria on a toothbrush head, according to a study to be published in the Journal of Dentistry (August 2010, Vol. 38:8, pp. 621-625). Researchers from the University of Buffalo and Hill Top Research evaluated the antibacterial effect of the Violight personal travel toothbrush sanitizer on biofilms after toothbrush exposure to human saliva compared to Listerine
More clearly explaining that postoperative swelling often occurs following endodontic treatment could help reduce the number of malpractice claims, according to a study in the Journal of Endodontics (June 2010, Vol. 36:6, pp. 982-984). Endodontic claims are the most frequently filed malpractice claims in dentistry, wrote researchers from Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Israel. The aim of their study was to categorize and review errors and complications related to endodontic
The degree of a surgeon’s experience with third-molar surgery has important implications for postoperative complications following surgery, according to a study in the British Dental Journal (July 2, 2010). Previous reports have shown that a surgeon’s experience to be one the most influential factors on surgical outcome, researchers from University College London Hospitals Head and Neck Centre noted. For the current study, 3,236 patients underwent surgical removal of impacted third
Colgate-Palmolive has teamed up with three National Football League players from the New Orleans Saints to champion good oral health among Gulf Coast children. Super Bowl champions Jonathan Vilma, Pierre Thomas, and Marques Colston will cohost Mardi Gras-style festivals highlighting the importance of maintaining good oral health. With the Saints players cheering them on, children will board the Colgate mobile dental vans for screenings and learn how to maintain good
Sugar-free chewing gum has been associated increasingly with oral benefits such as fighting caries. Now a new study has found that using sugar-free chewing gum after whitening could reduce the intensity of tooth sensitivity following in-office procedures (British Dental Journal, June 2010, Vol. 208:12, pp. 571-577). Study authors Brian Tang, D.D.S., who runs a private practice in Mountain View, CA, and Brian Millar, Ph.D., a professor at King’s College London
The CAO Group, which conducts OEM manufacturing of LED curing lights for various companies worldwide, has expanded its licensing of LED dental curing patents portfolio to major dental companies. To date, CAO has been granted 31 U.S. and international patents for the LED dental curing light technology, with many additional patents still pending. CAO’s patents cover LED structures, heat management, and broadband wavelengths for curing all types of dental composites
Dentists in Taiwan are asking two fast-food restaurants to put warning labels on their jumbo burgers or stop serving them altogether after several patients who had eaten the burgers complained of jaw pain and jaw-related injuries, according to a story in the China Post. People normally open their mouths about 4 cm to eat, but these burgers measure more than 8 cm in height, one dentist told the paper. Eating
Ranir, a manufacturer of consumer oral care products, has acquired Synpart, a European supplier of store brand oral care products, from HemCon Medical Technologies. The combined company is now the largest store brand oral care company in the world and a significant contract supplier to global branded oral care companies, according to Ranir. “Teaming with Synpart will not only allow us to accelerate our growth through international expansion in important
The new Lava CAD/CAM system makes crowns more quickly than Ivoclar Vivadent’s IPS e.max system — and the restorations will look better and last longer — 3M ESPE claims. Operators of the Lava Digital Veneering System (DVS) design both the coping and veneer by CAD/CAM before bonding the two pieces together. As a result, “we’re able to get more strength and color,” said Dan McMaster, marketing operations manager at 3M
More hours are dedicated to the teaching of color at the postdoctoral level compared to predoctoral, according to a new study (Journal of Dentistry, July 3, 2010). Researchers from the University of Texas wanted to determine the current status of the teaching of color in dental education at both the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels. They looked at the results from a total of 130 responses to a cross-sectional Web-based survey
Jameson Wu, regional sales manager for Nobel Biocare in China, recently paid a visit to Reborn Dental Implant Center in Shenzhen as part of an initiative to launch an All-on-4 full-arch implant training program in China. The initiative is aimed at enabling more Chinese dentists to be equipped with necessary skills to help patients who are missing all natural teeth on upper or lower arches receive full arch dental implants
