The ADA announced that Richard V. Tucker, DDS, and Jeanne Sinkford, DDS, PhD, will receive the ADA Distinguished Service Award. This year for the first time, the award will go to two people, the ADA noted. Dr. Tucker perfected the use of gold in restorative dentistry, known as the Tucker Technique, according to an ADA News story. From 1948 to his retirement in 2013, Dr. Tucker had a small-town private practice, where
Pulpdent has added Activa Kids to its line of Activa BioActive-Restorative products. Activa Kids is an ionic restorative resin that is an opaque, light B shade for pediatric dentistry, and it contains a bioactive resin matrix, a shock-absorbing rubberized resin component, and bioactive glass fillers, according to the company. The resin stimulates mineral apatite formation and the natural remineralization process with the release and recharge of calcium, phosphate, and fluoride,
The Children’s Dental Health Project (CDHP) is convening a national sealant work group to provide recommendations for the design and operations of school sealant programs. The aim of the group is to help school programs expand to reach more children who are at high risk of caries. The group’s recommendations will be released in fall 2016. Public health experts endorse school sealant programs because the evidence shows they achieve a
Could a drug made of a protein the human body produces become a new weapon against periodontitis and systemic inflammatory conditions such as atherosclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis? The protein Del-1 was able to inhibit bone loss associated with periodontitis in mice, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Dental Medicine and published in Science Translational Medicine (September 30). The researchers tested
KaVo Kerr Group has donated more than $141,000 in dental products to America’s ToothFairy: National Children’s Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF). The donation supports America’s ToothFairy and Canada’s ToothFairy affiliate network, which is comprised of dental and dental hygiene programs, hospitals, community clinics, mobile units, and school-based programs that provide oral health services to underserved families. The donated products include prophy paste, cement, and wipes. “We are very grateful for this
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The gap in dental care utilization in the U.S. narrowed between children enrolled in Medicaid and those with private dental benefits from 2005 to 2013, but a large gap remains between adults in those categories, according to a new research brief by the ADA Health Policy Institute. The authors assessed changes in both Medicaid and private dental plan dental care utilization for children and adults from 2005 to 2013. They
The KaVo Kerr Group has donated a panoramic imaging system and provided onsite training in Ghana for a New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry research team investigating periodontal disease in 220 patients with diabetes in that country. The research team went to a hospital in Accra, Ghana, and conducted a health history, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) measurement, and panoramic radiograph to assess the percentage of bone loss around each patient’s
Huron Capital Partners announced that its portfolio company, Michigan-based Spring & Sprout Dental Holdings, has entered into an affiliation with Austin, Texas-based Rising Stars Pediatric Dentistry. Spring & Sprout is a dental support organization formed to provide practice support services to dental specialists in pediatric dentistry and orthodontics, according to Huron. Since its founding in 2014, Spring & Sprout has completed six affiliations in Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, and now Texas.
It’s October, and this marks the last trimester of the year; but this month also marks the start of a very important annual campaign, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and through the pink ribbon campaign awareness of the disease has increased. Nowadays, this disease affects about 230,000 women each year in the US. It’s necessary to create conscience about this subject since anyone can be affected. Our hope is
The Henry Schein Cares Foundation will donate $100,000 in supplies to support two upcoming volunteer CDA Cares dental clinics by the California Dental Association (CDA) Foundation. These CDA Cares events provide oral health services and education at no cost to Californians who have barriers to care, according to the association. “The philanthropic support we have received from Henry Schein is vital to the success of our CDA Cares events,” stated
We presented the latest in our popular legal case study series on Monday. In this column, the case of a lower molar root canal therapy with inferior alveolar nerve injury is examined. Read the entire column and the lawyers’ practice tips here. The reader reaction to our legal case series by William S. Spiegel and Marc R. Leffler, DDS, has been astounding. I’d like to thank everyone who has reached