Are you searching for a trustworthy and affordable family dentist that can reduce your out-of-pocket dental expenditures so that you can get your son and daughter some braces to improve their smile? Do you want to find a way to reduce your dental care expenses because your job lacks a dental plan? If you wish to be pampered as you get your dental operation taken care of, then your best
All-on-4, all-on-6, and all-on-8 implant procedures are dental procedures involving dental implantation (endodontic) therapy that involve strategically placing 4 to 6 implants into your mouth in order to make it easier to place a set of dentures or crowns in the area. The all on 4 implants are typically done on people with large gaps of teeth missing. It’s a one-day procedure that permanently replaces teeth and restores your bite in one
A highlight of the California Dental Association’s upcoming CDA Presents 2017 meeting in Anaheim, CA, will be the many products on display in the exhibit hall. Here we bring you a preview of these products. Part one of our preview of new products on display at CDA Presents includes endodontic, hygiene, and imaging products. Look for part two featuring pain management and restorative products on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Endodontic
America’s ToothFairy: National Children’s Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF) has concluded its annual Smile Drive by delivering more than 300,000 oral care products throughout the U.S. The campaign’s goal is to collect and deliver oral care products for children in need while raising awareness of the importance of oral healthcare. The Smile Drive included toothbrushes, toothpastes, and other oral care products, which were collected at community collections sites and donated from
Dear DrBicuspid Member, When irrigation and instrumentation aren’t enough to kill biofilms in a root canal system, what do you do? The most-read article on the site this week involved a test of five endodontic materials to find out which were more effective at killing these biofilms. Researchers found that two of these materials were more effective than the others. Find out which ones here. Also this week on HuangshanDental.com,
Mexican-American mothers know the importance of oral health for themselves and their children, but they report several obstacles to achieving ideal oral hygiene routines. A new study explores how overwhelmed and exhausted moms approach oral health in their daily lives. In a series of focus groups, researchers from San Diego State University (SDSU) and the San Ysidro Health Center, also in San Diego, sat down with mothers at a community
The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD) has inaugurated Dwight Rickert, CDT, as its new president. Rickert took office on April 21 during AACD’s 2017 annual session and will serve until AACD 2018 takes place next April. He has served on the academy’s written exam committee, budget and finance committee, and others. Rickets practices in Indianapolis.
Dear Restoratives Insider, What materials do you use for single-tooth, partial-crown restorations? Particle-filled composite resin CAD/CAM materials are a promising addition to practitioner’s toolbox, but do they hold up over time? Researchers tested 42 partial-crown restorations over two years to see how well these restorations performed. Find out more in the Insider Exclusive. In other Restoratives Community news, at a recent 3D printing conference in San Francisco, dentists and researchers
Dentists and oral surgeons are always looking for better ways to reduce their patients’ pain after surgery, and a new study may have a solution. An injection of dexamethasone before surgery significantly reduced postoperative pain for patients who had impacted third molars extracted. Patients who received a shot of dexamethasone one hour before surgery reported lower pain levels and taking fewer analgesics after the procedure than a control group. The
Dentistry is very much like baseball. The industry progresses very slowly and is quite obsessed with statistics. In my previous DrBiscuspid.com column, I focused on the incidence and mortality statistics associated with oral cancer. I’m commenting this time, again as an educated consumer, on another pervasive oral health concern — periodontal disease and how it relates to systemic health. How pervasive is periodontal disease? I’m sure you’ve seen these statistics
Want to print teeth for your patients? Dentists discussed how 3D printing is changing dentistry at the recent 3DHeals 2017 conference in San Francisco. Maybe printing teeth and dentures is just beyond our capabilities at present, but as the cost comes down it could become a reality in the near future. As dental 3D technology advances, printing experts point out that the 3D printing of surgical guides is currently available
Komet USA has introduced a new crown cutter to aid in removing adhesive-bonded, ceramic restorations. The 4ZRS Jackie crown cutter has been designed to create slits in all-ceramic crowns. It can be used on zirconia and other ceramic materials to create lingual, occlusal, and buccal seam joints, according to the company. The crown cutter is 4-mm long and has a tapered working end. The 4ZRS Jackie crown cutter. Image courtesy
