The National Children’s Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF): America’s ToothFairy has announced the Virtual ToothFairy Ball Silent Auction, which runs through November 24. The foundation noted that 100% of event proceeds will go to helping vulnerable children access vital oral healthcare and education. Items donated include a Nomad handheld x-ray device by Aribex, curing lights, an automatic sterilizer, and more. You can click to view the auction catalog here.
There are many diseases that can occur in our body, some of these we can understand; while other are more complicated. Also, at times some of these disease can be caused by our own body; in addition there are several autoimmune diseases that can affect us. Can you imagine feeling sad or happy, but not being able to cry? An autoimmune disease that can slowly developed and affects millions of
In a new study, U.K. scientists report that the incidence of life-threatening heart infection has increased significantly in England since the introduction of the 2008 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, as dentists have written fewer prescriptions for prophylactic antibiotics before invasive procedures. The study findings were presented this week at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Chicago. The study, also published online in Lancet (November
SISU Guard and CCM Hockey have entered into an exclusive brand partnership to offer cobranded CCM mouthguards powered by the SISU technology. The partnership will create a larger retail network for the introduction of innovative, high-tech SISU mouthguards to athletic markets, according to the companies. CCM Hockey and Akervall Technologies, the manufacturer of the SISU mouthguard, have executed the first phase of the agreement. The two companies will now work
Dear Endodontics Insider, Welcome to our first Endodontics Insider, sponsored by Essential Dental. In our exclusive Endodontics Insider, contributing writer Rabia Mughal writes that root canal therapy can reduce multiple dimensions of pain, including intensity, duration, and its interference with daily activity, according to a new practice-based research network study published in the Journal of Endodontics. Also in the Endodontics Community, when a patient is rushed in with an injured
A new study in the Journal of Dental Hygiene that looked at cardiologists’ knowledge of the relationship between periodontal disease and heart disease found that many were unclear about the cause of periodontal disease. But they would like to have more information about the potential link between the two conditions, the researchers found. The oral-systemic link has gained increasing importance in recent years as periodontal disease has been linked to
A new review study by researchers in India has analyzed the effectiveness of calcium-enriched mixture (CEM) cement in endodontic applications. They published their findings in Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics (November 3, 2014). Bioceramic materials are, simply, biocompatible ceramic materials that are used in both dentistry and medicine. The family of these materials includes alumina, zirconia, bioactive glass, glass ceramics, calcium silicates, hydroxyapatite, and resorbable calcium phosphate, among others. These have
In a study of African-Americans with normal kidney function, those with severe periodontal disease developed chronic kidney disease at four times the rate of those without severe periodontal disease, according to a presentation at the recent American Society of Nephrology meeting in Philadelphia. Periodontal disease disproportionately affects African-Americans and has been implicated as a potential risk factor for CKD. To investigate this potential link, researchers led by Vanessa Grubbs, MD,
DentalEZ Group has launched its new 360° Customer Care Program, a comprehensive online customer service tool for all StarDental customers. The program is an extension of DentalEZ Group’s professional and preventive maintenance and repair support program, according to the company. Geared toward all dental professionals and distribution partners, the program provides a newly designed repair support program that provides labels for repair requests and also a collection of educational and
Henry Schein has donated to the Promoting a Lifetime of Activity for Youth (PLAY) campaign, which helps educate children and teenagers about the importance of staying active, eating right, and routine dentist and physician visits. The campaign from Henry Schein’s Sports Medicine business and the Henry Schein Cares Foundation was in partnership with the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS), according to the company. Henry Schein hosted 21 Home Run
Voters in six U.S. cities chose to retain community water fluoridation and another city opted to restart fluoridation in the recent elections. The fluoridation votes affect some 73,000 residents nationwide, according to an ADA News story. Voters in Albany, WI, approved continuing their fluoridation program 76% to 24% in a nonbinding referendum. Boyne City and Bronson in Michigan both overwhelmingly approved fluoridation measures, according to a boynegazette.com story. Residents of
Pro-Dex has reported its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2015. For the quarter (end-September 30), the company had net sales of $2.6 million, an increase of 2% from $2.5 million for the same period last year. Underlying these relatively stable year-over-year sales levels was a $400,000 increase in sales to the company’s largest medical device customer, partially offset by a $183,000 decrease in repair revenue from the
