The Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University (MSU) is collaborating with the Mississippi State Department of Health on an oral health project for children, according to a news story in the Clarion Ledger. In its first year, the Delta Oral Health Project will address children’s oral health issues via direct services, education, and policy, according to the story. “This is a comprehensive attempt to provide children with access
Promising to “bring an end to traumatic dental visits,” Medical International Technology (MIT) plans to launch a version of its Med-Jet needleless injector for the dental market within 16 months, the company announced. Current versions of the injector use pressure to create a thin jet of the medication with enough force to directly enter the patient’s soft tissue without the use of a needle. By adjusting the pressure, the practitioner
Water Pik has partnered with the nonprofit group Mission Save A Smile to raise funds that will help bring basic dental care to children in need in Central America. Mission Save a Smile is a grass-roots organization established following several volunteer trips within the impoverished communities of Central America. Between February 1, 2010, and March 1, 2010, Water Pik will donate $5 to Mission Save a Smile for every Waterpik
Despite the global economic crisis, the Asia-Pacific market for dental prosthetics — including crowns, bridges, and dentures — is expected to top $7 billion (U.S.) by 2015, up from $6 billion in 2008, according to a new report from Research and Markets. The Asia-Pacific market includes Australia, Japan, and South Korea. The Japanese market for dental prosthetics was the largest in terms of both unit volume and market value, as
Idaho State University (ISU) dental hygiene professor Linda Boyd and Special Olympics’ global advisor Donna Bainbridge have received a $100,000 grant from Special Olympics International to research how volunteering in the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes program affects health professionals. Launched in 1997, the Healthy Athletes program provides free health screenings for Special Olympics athletes competing at local, national, and world games. Screenings performed by health professions volunteers include dental, hearing,
Carestream Health is showcasing orthodontic upgrades to its Kodak imaging systems at the World Federation of Orthodontists’ annual meeting in Sydney, Australia, this week, with particular emphasis on an acquisition module that links digital radiography equipment with Orthotrac Software’s scheduler to streamline the image capture process. The company also announced that its Pearl Module now integrates with Orthotrac, giving orthodontic professionals the ability to manage their offices and patient needs
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The Juneau-Douglas City Museum is hosting a new dental exhibit for children, MouthPower, which opened on February 5, according to a news story in Capital City Weekly. The traveling exhibit comes to Juneau from the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore. It educates children about their teeth through a series of interactive stations, including a child-sized dental office and a larger-than-life mouth on which children can
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All-resin-composite crowns may be more durable than all-ceramic crowns, an international team of researchers will report at the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) annual meeting in July in Barcelona, Spain. “In my research, I found [Paradigm MZ blocks] to be very resistant to fracture when you make molar crowns of them,” said Omar El-Mowafy, B.D.S., Ph.D., a University of Toronto researcher who collaborated with two colleagues in Egypt on
Patients with implants lose bone at an accelerating rate, according to a study conducted at the University of Gothenburg. “Contrary to what we had previously assumed, the bone loss in these patients was not linear, but instead accelerated with time,” said lead author Christer Fransson, a consultant dental surgeon, in a press release. “This is a new discovery that shows just how important it is to detect and treat bone
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Dentistry has established the Dr. John B. Thornton Endowed Support Fund for Pediatric Dentistry. The action was approved by the university’s Board of Trustees at its February 5 meeting. The fund will be used to support residents in the department of pediatric dentistry who engage in the school’s community outreach programs to bring pediatric dental care through clinics and screening programs
