Western Dental, UCSF team up for preventive strategies

Western Dental and the University of California, San Francisco has announced a first-of-its-kind research collaboration agreement. The research projects will study the need to improve access to oral health and seek to define optimal preventive strategies for at-risk children in California and the U.S., according to Western Dental. The scope of the project is expected to support changes in the delivery of preventive services and also support changes in funding

DoseSpot e-prescribing platform completes DEA-required audit

DoseSpot, a developer of e-prescribing integration platforms for medical, dental, and telehealth software, announced that its software application has completed the required third-party Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS) audit. The audit was completed with the Drummond Group, a global software test and certification body that was approved by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to audit EPCS software applications. DoseSpot President Greg Waldstreicher noted in a press release that

Coltene adds to endodontics product line

Coltene has added to its endodontics product line with the CanalPro apex locator. The CanalPro apex locator with rechargeable battery includes a color display with animated root canal, lip clip, file clip, power supply, and test probe. The device will notify the user when an endodontic file reaches the apical foramen, or the user can set a predetermined position at the required distance from the apex, according to the company.

New endodontics study examines sedation use and dental anxiety

Dental anxiety can be so extreme for some patients that a simple cotton swab on the gums makes them flinch, and other patients, fearful of pain, simply avoid seeing the dentist, according to the authors of a new study in the Journal of Endodontics on when and how to use sedatives during dental procedures. Hence, dentistry is looking for sedation techniques to make patients more comfortable, noted the researchers from

ADA 2014: Pain management and addiction — the dentist’s role

SAN ANTONIO – Pain management, identification of patients at high risk for substance abuse, and utilizing interventions for drug abusers were the focus of a session at the ADA 2014 annual meeting. Citing soaring rates of the abuse of prescription drugs such as oxycontin and codeine, Patrick Sammon, PhD, a professor emeritus from the department of oral health science at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, said many children

Canada?s Thanksgiving Day

Today many Canadians are not at their jobs or at school, but instead they are with their family or friends. Le Jour d’Action de Grâce or Thanksgiving Day is being celebrate today, citizen in Canada’s municipals are enjoying this day off to gather with their family members or friend and are enjoying a delicious meal. How will you spend this national public holiday? Are you planning to travel? If so

New ads aim to improve kids’ brushing habits

In a new national survey released late last week, 75% of parents reported that their kids sometimes or frequently forget to brush their teeth, according to the Ad Council. Despite that tooth decay is the single most common chronic childhood disease in the U.S. and U.S. children reportedly miss more than 51 million hours of school each year because of dental-related illnesses, the survey results show that parents rate school

MOM free clinic treats 1,200 patients at ADA 2014

The Mission of Mercy (MOM) free dental clinic held during the ADA 2014 annual meeting in San Antonio treated a total of 1,206 patients who received dental treatment valued at $526,474, according to an ADA News story. The clinic was held on Sunday, October 12, and ran from 5:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., but patients began lining up outside of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center on Saturday evening. Patients

Dental Treatment: Veneers

Many don’t think that their smile is not important, but the reality is; that surveys indicate that the first thing someone notices when they meet you is your smile. Surveys indicate that 37% of people notice your smile first, not someone’s eyes, hair, body type or weight. For this and other health reasons it important that we always take care of our smile. Many Americans and Canadians have struggle for

ADA 2014: Session focuses on best uses for established anesthetics, new anesthetics

SAN ANTONIO – The best uses of established local dental anesthetics, as well as the future use of nasal spray and long-acting anesthetics, were the focus of an opening-day session at the ADA 2014 annual meeting. Stanley Malamed, DDS, discussed the range of established local dental anesthetics and the coming use of nasal spray anesthetics and long-acting anesthetics at ADA 2014. Stanley Malamed, DDS, an emeritus professor of anesthesia at

Dental Excellence Awards 2014 winners

HuangshanDental.com is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Dental Excellence Awards. Congratulations to all the candidates who made it to the final round of the 2014 DrBicuspid Dental Excellence Awards, along with our thanks to everyone who participated in the nominating and voting processes. Awards are being handed out at this year’s ADA 2014 annual meeting in San Antonio. Follow our Facebook and Twitter feeds for more on

Sapphire Technology gets funding for filling instruments

The Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4) announced it is awarding $200,000 to Denver-based Sapphire Technology for funding and management assistance in developing its proprietary dental instruments. Unlike current dental filling instruments, which typically use metal for their tips, Sapphire’s SGS instrument line will employ highly polished and optically clear sapphire tips instead. The use of sapphire is intended to significantly reduce composite pullback as experienced with