Ontario, Canada, is expanding its Children in Need of Treatment (CINOT) program to provide urgent and essential dental care free to more children in low-income families, according to a press release. The program currently provides emergency dental care to low-income children from birth to age 13. As of January 1, 2009, the program will be expanded to reach children up to age 18. It will also provide out-of-hospital anesthetic coverage
h3{ color:#FF0000; } .tocItem{ border-bottom: dashed 1px #e0e5e9; padding: 4px; } .tocReturnToTop{ border-top: solid 1px #99a8b7; margin-top: 14px; padding:4px; } To some, endodontics is a fascinating process. Techniques can be debated and argued, with each professional making their own decision on what works best for them and their patients. This issue of THE DENTAL ADVISOR (July-August 2008, Vol. 25:6) discusses new products designed to improve the endodontic experience and present
A third of endodontists finish their residencies without enough training to do endodontic surgery, according to a survey published in the January 2009 Journal of Endodontics (Vol. 35:3, pp. 30-34). The authors, from the U.S. Army Endodontic Residency Program in Fort Bragg, NC, quoted an estimate that surgery is needed in about 9% of periapical pathology. Many endodontists avoid it because of the difficult visibility and risk of doing harm.
For men, especially older men, dieting may help reduce the risk of gum disease more than for women, according to researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and other institutions. Their study appears in the October 15 online issue of Nutrition, and will appear in the January print edition. The study of 81 rhesus monkeys at the National Institutes of Health showed that males fed a diet of 30%
The importance of the oral systemic link got another nod when a recent Columbia University study found that people with periodontal disease are more likely to have increased levels of inflammation, which is also a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Periodontal disease and CVD are both caused by inflammation, explained John Grbic, D.M.D., M.M.Sc., a professor at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and one of the study
The U.S. FDA has approved tapentadol hydrochloride, an immediate-release oral tablet for the relief of moderate to severe acute pain in adults ages 18 years and older, according to an agency press release. Tapentadol is a centrally acting synthetic analgesic that is available in doses of 50 mg, 75 mg, or 100 mg. It is both an opioid and nonopioid, activating the opioid receptors in the brain, spinal cord, and
The first class of dental health aide therapists (DHATs) to be trained in Alaska has graduated, according to a KTUU TV news story. The four graduates of the Anchorage-based Dentex program bring the total number of DHATs in Alaska to 14, with six more in training, according to the story. The original DHATs were trained in New Zealand. The Dentex program, which is run by the University of Washington School
The ADA House of Delegates has adopted a resolution to support public education about consulting a licensed dentist to determine if whitening/bleaching is an appropriate course of treatment, according to an ADA News article. This move comes amidst concerns about safety issues regarding unlicensed providers working in teeth-whitening businesses, the article explained. Recently, teeth-whitening kiosks operated by nondentists or unlicensed healthcare providers have popped up at malls across the U.S.
A University of Michigan study has found that regular, nonsurgical periodontal services can lower medical costs for people with diabetes, according to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. The study, funded by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, looked at five years of claims data from 2,674 Blue Care Network members with diabetes. Overall medical and pharmacy costs can be lowered by more than 10% annually, while diabetes
Scientists at the University of Michigan claim that gene therapy can be used to successfully stop the development of periodontal disease, according to a university press release. Using gene transfer to treat life-threatening conditions is not new, but the University of Michigan group is the first known to use the gene delivery approach to show potential in treating chronic conditions such as periodontal disease, said William Giannobile, D.D.S., D.Med.Sc., a
Consider this: Your patient needs an extraction but has received oral bisphosphonate therapy. Invasive procedures can go wrong in such cases because bisphosphonate drugs can cause the very rare, but serious, condition of osteonecrosis of the jaw, in which changes in bone cells and loss of blood supply can lead to uncontrolled bone infection. So what is a dentist to do? .pullQuoteCredit { align:right; text-align:right; font-family:arial, sans-serif; font-size:11px; line-height: 16px;
An Ohio woman has filed a malpractice lawsuit against a large, multistate dental practice and two of its dentists, charging that dental restoration products allegedly imported from China have left her permanently injured and disabled. The dental hardware was “defective and unsafe” and “contained toxic materials that are hazardous to the health of human beings,” the lawsuit alleges. The plaintiff — Faye Lewis, a 73-year-old woman from Ravenna, OH —
