The U.S. division of the International College of Cranio-Mandibular Orthopedics (ICCMO) has launched a new website. The website allows dentists to browse relevant information and join ICCMO. Those with neuromuscular disorders also can use the website to learn more about their condition. A new feature allows those with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain and disorders to find a neuromuscular dentist in their area. ICCMO is a society of healthcare professionals who
Continuing with our Post-Surgery Oral Care tips, for this post would like to assist all our patients who have had questions and concerns about what to do after a cosmetic procedure has been performed. Dental cosmetics procedures include Bridges, Crowns, Veneers, Dentures, and Partial Dentures. After the procedure is done we invite you to read our Post-Surgery Oral Care: Dental Cosmetics to better help you with the outcomes. Post-Surgery Oral
Children enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) had higher rates of dental access and more checkups than privately insured children, but fewer in the program actually visited dentists, according to a new federal report released March 30. The 36-page report concludes that more children are covered by the program, and these children have improved access to healthcare. The report was released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
We thank you our beloved reader for continuing to follow us, can you believe it we have together for more than a year. Toothpaste can be used for multiple things, in a previous post we mention to our readers and followers 10 Different uses For Toothpaste, Other than Brushing your Teeth. Today after using your toothbrush many of us through it to the trash, but for this week tips we
The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) honored three leaders of the American College of Prosthodontists (ACP) for their contributions to dental education during its recent annual meeting in Boston. Nancy Deal Chandler, executive director of the ACP and ACP Education Foundation; Carol Lefebvre, DDS, dean and professor at Georgia Health Sciences University College of Dental Medicine and ACP secretary; and Sharon Siegel, DDS, professor and chair of the department of
Interleukin Genetics announced the appointment of Mark Carbeau as its new CEO and director. Before joining Interleukin, Carbeau was co-founder and CEO of Diagnostyx, a technology-based healthcare company. Carbeau replaces Kenneth Kornman, DDS, PhD, who has served as president and CEO since August 2012. Kornman will continue to serve as president, chief scientific officer, and a director. James M. Weaver, chairman of the Interleukin Genetics board, said in a press
Welcome back our beloved reader, can you believe it’s been a year since we began our blog? In the past year has offer our visitors numerous of tips, explain dental procedures, invited you to the capital of dental tourism (Los Algodones). For this next year, our dental clinic will continue to offer you weekly dental tips, explain more health and dental procedures, give you vacation ideas, and tell you how
Dear DrBicuspid Member, In his latest Naked Dentist column, Curtis Marshall reveals the true issues that are hampering Dr. Colorado’s practice and gets him in shape with data and business intelligence. See how your practice can also benefit from getting naked. If you were told that half your patients could lose 40% of their total bone mass, putting them at risk for losing teeth, you would no doubt do everything in
I write this article so that my profession can take an introspective look at what exactly we are doing. I’ve practiced since 2002, mainly in pediatric dentistry, but before dental school I studied public health. Public health is a focus that is unbiased, as the discipline forces us to use all the available tools, such as epidemiology and biostatistics, in combination to improve health through evidence. The last word is
Children may be picking up on their parents’ fear of visiting the dentist, according to newly released findings from a Delta Dental survey. However, dental practices can take certain steps to make both children and parents feel more at ease. Between December 2014 and January 2015, Delta Dental polled more than 1,300 parents of children ages 12 and younger. The findings showed that nearly half (48%) of parents say they
Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH, an expert on community water fluoridation, was chosen to receive the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry’s 2015 Chancellor Award for Public Service in the faculty category. George Taylor, DMD, MPH, DrPH, chair of the department of preventive and restorative dental sciences, lauded Dr. Pollick’s public health efforts, including providing care to migrant farm workers and nursing home residents and also his advocacy of
The New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) has received a $335,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an automated test that can simultaneously detect HIV/AIDS antibodies and viral RNA from the AIDS virus in a single specimen. A $1.5 million grant was awarded to Rheonix, a medical technology company that makes automated and customizable molecular diagnostic devices, and a portion of that grant will go to
