Komet USA has launched a new line of diamond instruments for crown preparation. The new Deep Purple line has uniformly sized, extra-coarse diamond grains embedded in the instruments, according to the company. The heads come in three sizes: 1.6 mm, 1.8 mm, and 2.1 mm. The company also offers an identically matched finisher that has a size and configuration that matches the size of the selected Deep purple diamond.
You can repair discolored, fractured, chipped, and severely decayed teeth with the bonding process, which is an application of a tooth-colored composite resin or plastic over the tooth in question. It’s different from filling in that it’s capable of making the tooth appear longer and can fill in more tooth material than other filling types. Is Composite Resin Bonding Right for You? Here are the benefits of composite resin bonding. Affordable and
Tooth decay is typically the main reason you have a toothache. However, that reason doesn’t cover all cases. This is why you should have a complete oral examination first in order to determine the cause of your aching tooth and learn what you need to do in order to address your dental problem. There are many reasons behind the toothache. Some of them are serious and some of them are
If your wisdom tooth has ended up impacted from within, under, or beneath your healthy teeth (that is, there isn’t enough room on your jaw for it to erupt by virtue of evolutionary oversight, so it now becomes your constant dose of pain), then you should have it removed. You need to specifically search for a dentist or a maxillofacial surgeon in order to extra this errant tooth. This is a procedure
A root canal treatment is medically known in the dentistry field as a type of endodontic treatment. Here’s the etymology of the term: “Endo” is the Grecian word for “inside” while “odont” is the Grecian word for “tooth”. In other words, it’s a treatment dealing with the inside of your tooth, specifically the tooth root and pulp. Whenever the soft tissue inside the root canal or the pulp becomes infected or inflamed,
Three dentists are seeking re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives this fall and another is seeking to be elected to Congress for the first time. Rep. Mike Simpson, DMD (R-ID), is running for re-election for his 10th term representing Idaho’s 2nd District. Dr. Simpson is chair of the House subcommittee on energy and water development. Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (R-AZ), is running for re-election for his fourth term representing Arizona’s
Dear DrBicuspid Member, Judge Brian M. Cogan probably isn’t a name you would recognize, but Henry Schein, Benco, and Patterson Companies are names you do recognize. Cogan is a U.S. judge who ruled this week that a class-action lawsuit against those three companies can proceed. While the companies defended their practices and said they would fight, and win, the lawsuit, the plaintiffs’ lawyers said they looked forward to “vindicating the
Can the addition of a calcium phosphate to a glass ionomer cement (GIC) decrease the amount of plaque-causing biofilms and reduce caries? In the first study in which glass ionomer cement disks have been imaged undisturbed and in real-time, researchers from Australia examined what would happen to biofilms when 3% casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP) was added to these disks. “It was proposed that by adding CPP-ACP to this GIC
During a restorative treatment, the two most-used isolation methods are a rubber dam or a cotton roll. No matter which you use, the results of a new Cochrane Library review might have you changing how you practice. While use of a rubber dam is considered the “standard of care” during restorative procedures, researchers from China wanted to discover if using a rubber dam affected the success and longevity of dental
A class-action lawsuit against three of the dental industry’s biggest companies will be allowed to proceed after a U.S. District Court judge refused to dismiss the proposed litigation, according to multiple reports. U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan ruled on September 28 that a class-action lawsuit filed in March against Henry Schein, Patterson Companies, and Benco Dental can proceed. “Plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged that defendants orchestrated a single interconnected nationwide
Many patients come to the dentist seeking relief from pain. While most problems might be readily identifiable in your office, some issues may not be so obvious. Andrew Young, DDS, director of the orofacial pain clinic at the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry. Orofacial pain can be caused by dental, joint, or muscular issues, but this pain may also be caused by neurological or psychological issues, according
The National Institutes of Health has awarded an eight-year, $8.24 million grant to a University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) professor to fund his dental stem cell research. The Sustaining Outstanding Achievement in Research award went to Ophir Klein, MD, PhD, chair of the division of craniofacial anomalies in the department of orofacial sciences at UCSF. Dr. Klein will use the funds to research how some mammals can continuously grow