Orthodontic manufacturer Ortoplus Group has begun accepting scans from the Planmeca Emerald intraoral scanner. Practitioners can now export scans to Ortoplus to produce either its OrthoApnea mandibular advancement devices or its Alineadent clear aligners.
I get inspired about things to which others may respond with a yawn. Well, it’s the geek in me coming out. For example a July 2017 study in the journal Cytokine has inspired me enough to write a protocol for a double-blind study, which will be fully funded by a U.S. company. Let’s start at the beginning. The clinical study According to this study in Cytokine (July 2017, Vol. 95,
Dental and surgical instrument manufacturer Brasseler USA has launched a new line of operative carbide burs. The C-Series Carbides are designed as a single piece to reduce breakage and the need for handpiece repairs. They are available in head sizes smaller than 1.6 mm and shapes that include 330, 557, 245, and rounds.
Komet USA has added three yellow grinders to its line of DCB (diamonds with ceramic bond) abrasives. The grinders are suitable for use on all-ceramic materials and also on hard, nonprecious alloys. The three products include a flame-shape grinder (DCB1CA), a round-cylinder shape grinder (DCB8CA), and an inverted-cone grinder (DCB9CA). They are designed to remove more substance than the original green abrasives, according to Komet USA. The new DCB round-cylinder
What are the best techniques and materials for making final impressions for complete and removable partial dentures? As there is no clinical consensus, researchers conducted a systematic review of the published literature. They searched for randomized controlled trials that compared final-impression techniques and materials for producing complete dentures or removable partial dentures. While some study findings suggested slightly better outcomes with certain techniques and materials, the authors found no definitive
Have you talked to patients about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine today? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) hopes so. The association is leading the charge to get kids vaccinated against HPV, but it needs the help of dental professionals to succeed. Eileen Crespo, MD. “We have had real difficulty getting high vaccination rates compared to other things that we vaccinate for,” Eileen Crespo, MD, a member of the AAP
Dear DrBicuspid Member, How many dentists are in your state? How many of your colleagues are general dentists, and how many are specialists? Newly published data from the Kaiser Family Foundation offer the answers to these and other questions. Learn more here. Also this week on HuangshanDental.com, every practice is faced with the issues of patient cancellations and no-shows. Many practices charge patients a fee when they don’t show for
Bisco has launched its new Reveal HD Bulk composite composite. Reveal HD Bulk is a light-cured, bulk-fill composite for restorations. The product allows for faster posterior restorations and has category-leading depth of cure, according to Bisco. The composite is available in four shades (A1, A2, A3, and B1) and comes in 3-gram syringes and 0.25-gram unit-dose tips.
Many of us grew up believing that wisdom tooth extraction was the worst thing that could happen at a dentist’s office, and that idea might come from listening to other people’s terrible experiences in which an unqualified doctor performed the surgery. Let us explain to you a little more about why this surgery it’s necessary and the procedure you’ll undergo, you’ll feel a little more at ease with this information.
Part 1 of this series looked at how teledentistry can be used in the public health sector. But the full potential for teledentistry lies far beyond the public health sector. This road-tested technology will gain much more critical mass when it becomes widely adopted in private practice, for-profit dentistry. Marty Jablow, DMD. When it comes to the adoption of teledentistry in the private sector, the future looks bright. In fact,
Research suggests links between periodontal disease and rheumatoid arthritis, so might scaling and root planing reduce signs of both diseases in patients with both conditions? To find out, investigators compared the effects of this treatment on periodontitis patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis. They performed scaling and root planing in patients with moderate to severe chronic periodontitis, some of whom also had rheumatoid arthritis, and found that the rheumatoid arthritis
Is intravenous (IV) acetaminophen a viable pain management option after third-molar extraction? In a recent study, researchers tested intravenous acetaminophen against a placebo of IV saline in 72 patients to find out. The team measured patients’ postoperative pain scores at three points after surgery and found no statistically significant differences in these scores between the acetaminophen and placebo groups. The study was published in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial
