DMG America has added an etching gel refill system to the company’s line of caries infiltration products. The Icon-Etch refill etching gel system contains three 0.45-mL syringes and 15 smooth surface tips for application. It is part of the Icon Smooth Surface product line, which offers immediate correction of initial lesions and no need for anesthesia or drilling to treat the patient.
The antimicrobial activity of endodontic sealers can be important to the outcome of root canal treatment, but the amount of information on their antimicrobial abilities varies. To learn more, investigators evaluated four sealers using two in vitro testing methods. They assessed the antimicrobial activity of four sealers — Roeko GuttaFlow 2 (Coltene), AH Plus (Dentsply Maillefer), ProRoot MTA (Dentsply Sirona), and RealSeal (Kerr Endodontics) — against Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli,
Dear DrBicuspid Member, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released new data this week that included approximately 117,200 reports of injuries associated with dental implants. The vast majority of these injuries were due to problems with osseointegration. Associate Editor Theresa Pablos spent this week pouring through hundreds of thousands lines of previously undisclosed data from the FDA. It’s the kind of reporting you won’t find at any other dental
Can how patients describe their pain help you determine the underlying cause? Researchers studied 228 patients with an acute toothache and found that words matters. Researchers from the New York University College of Dentistry wanted to see if the pain descriptions used by patients could help dentists identify the contributors to the pain. They used two sensitivity tests, cold detection (positive or negative) and percussion hypersensitivity (painful or not), and
Carestream Dental announced that two of its imaging systems have been certified for use with Dentsply Sirona’s SureSmile aligner system. Digital images from Carestream’s CS 8100 3D and CS 8100SC 3D systems can now be used with the SureSmile system for case planning, robotic archwire customization, and other SureSmile treatment options.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs have a substantial impact on the number of infections in girls and women, according to a study published on June 26 in Lancet. Researchers updated a systematic review and meta-analysis to include data from 60 million individuals and up to eight years of follow-up. They reported that the prevalence of HPV strains 16 and 18, which cause 70% of cervical cancers, decreased by 83% among girls
Dental implants are a great option for people who suffer from missing teeth. A long-term solution, the help preservation of the jawbone, and comfort are a few of the advantages that dental implants provide to patients. Dental implants are metal posts that are positioned into the jawbone because they fuse to the jawbone, they provide stable support for artificial teeth. At we have different implant brands to meet everyone’s unique needs. We recommend
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released new data that include approximately 117,200 reports of serious injuries associated with dental implants. The vast majority of these injuries were due to problems with osseointegration. Federal law requires manufacturers to file reports to the FDA when devices cause or may have caused a serious injury, defined as an injury that is life-threatening, results in irreversible impairment or damage, or necessitates medical
Here’s another reason to screen your patients for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): A new study has found that coronary flow reserve is impaired in patients with severe OSA, putting them at risk for cardiovascular disease. The research was presented on June 24 at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting in Anaheim, CA. Researchers used positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) to evaluate the cardiovascular
Biopharmaceutical company AbbVie has announced an agreement to acquire Allergan, a pharmaceutical company and a manufacturer of Botox. AbbVie will acquire Allergan for about $63 billion in cash and stock, according to the companies. The purchase is expected to close in early 2020. Botox is a neurotoxin that temporarily paralyzes muscles and is used to treat movement disorders and migraines, as well for dental aesthetics and dental therapeutics such as treating
Integrated dental and pharmacy data can reduce the number of opioid prescriptions, according to a presentation on June 21 at the 2019 International Association for Dental Research (IADR) meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Researchers from Cigna examined the number of prescriptions written by in-network general and specialty dentists for opioids between the first quarter of 2015 through the second quarter of 2018. They reported that prescribed milligram morphine equivalence (MME)
Extra-narrow implants can fit into spaces that other implants can’t, but their indications are limited. Nevertheless, their use has been reported in borderline clinical situations thought to risk implant fracture. To learn more about the capabilities of these implants, researchers examined their biomechanical behavior in the laboratory. They conducted in vitro tests of 2.9-mm-diameter extra-narrow implants (Facility, Straumann Group) and 3.75-mm-diameter regular size implants (Titamax CM, Straumann), which were manufactured
