One of the procedures that dentists dread the most is matching the single central with an indirect restoration such as a veneer or crown. There are several challenges in doing this. Not only do you have to nail the shape and form, but also the shade and characterization of the adjacent central. It only becomes more challenging if the dentist chooses to fabricate the restoration chairside with CAD/CAM. Case report
A recent economic analysis found chewing sugar-free gum may be able to save the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) millions. The analysis showed that if 12-year-olds in England chewed more gum, the NHS could save up to 8.2 million pounds ($11.6 million) per year. Researchers from the York Health Economic Consortium and Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry in the U.K. teamed up to study the economic benefits of adolescents chewing more
Henry Schein has entered into a “definitive transaction” with dental equipment and supply company J. Morita to expand the company’s presence in Japan. Henry Schein did not disclose the financial terms of the transaction, which will result in the company owning a 50% interest in One Piece, a subsidiary of J. Morita. One Piece serves approximately 6,000 dental clinics and had about $125 million in aggregate sales in 2015. Japan
Traditionally, we orthodontists loved to go to an exotic location with an abundance of activities and spend several days or even a week enjoying ourselves while “attending” a meeting to fulfill our continuing education (CE) requirements and catch up with classmates. The combination of a fun trip and a business meeting allowed us to have our businesses help fund the cost of our family vacation; we have all been taught
SS White has donated more than $112,000 in dental products to America’s ToothFairy: National Children’s Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF). The products were distributed to the America’s ToothFairy affiliate network, a national network of community-based healthcare facilities and outreach programs providing educational, preventive, and restorative services for children. The donation included diamond burs, carbide burs, composite finishing kits, and Caries Access block assemblies. “SS White is proud to support the mission
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring boxed warnings for immediate-release opioid pain medications, the agency announced on March 22. The warning emphasizes the risks of misuse, abuse, addiction, overdose, and death associated with the medications. Robert Califf, MD, FDA commissioner. All images courtesy of the FDA. The changes are the latest in a number of steps the FDA is taking to reverse the ongoing prescription opioid epidemic.
Your smile says a lot about you. That’s why people seek for cosmetic dental treatments; because they want to have an appealing smile. Yet, many people are not aware that several conditions they believe incorrigible have a solution. One of those conditions (and one of the most common) is the gummy smile. Fortunately, there are different options to treat this condition for anyone who feel uncomfortable with the appearance of
Over the last 10 years that I have been treating halitosis, most of my patients were adults, but surprisingly, two of my most recent patients were children. Periodontal disease is known to be a cause of breath odor in adults, but a common assumption is that children are too young to have periodontal disease, so, therefore, they shouldn’t have chronic breath odor. This is a false assumption, according to a
The rates at which Japanese dentists recommended sealants varied widely in a study presented last week at the 2016 American Association of Dental Research (AADR) annual meeting in Los Angeles. “Recommending a sealant was significantly related to the dentist having a higher belief about the effectiveness of caries risk assessment,” concluded the researchers from Japan, Florida, and Alabama. The study included almost 200 dentists who reported that they practiced some
Interleukin Genetics reported increased revenues for its fiscal fourth quarter of 2015 but also an increase in net loss, compared with the same quarter the previous year. For the quarter (end-December 31), the company reported revenues of $366,000, compared with $322,000 for the same quarter of 2014. Net loss for the quarter was $1.9 million, compared with $1.6 million in 2014. For the full-year 2015 results, the company reported revenues
Dear HuangshanDental.com Member, Canadian researchers have new evidence that links the cessation of water fluoridation to an increase in caries. A recent study found schoolchildren in Calgary, Alberta, had a higher prevalence of caries in their primary teeth after the city’s water supply was no longer fluoridated. Read Assistant Editor Theresa Pablos’ article here. Disproportionally large amounts of opioids are frequently prescribed to patients after tooth extractions, especially given the
The traditional decayed, missing, and filled surfaces (DMFS) system for quantifying caries significantly overestimates the actual prevalence of the disease, according to new research presented at this week’s 2016 American Association of Dental Research (AADR) annual meeting in Los Angeles. Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham used a case series analysis to determine if caries overestimation exists. They compared traditional DMFS counting to modified DMFS scores based on