Levin on the patient perspective; Oregon and SDF; regulatory issues in transactions

Dear DrBicuspid Member, The more focused you are on dentistry, the more difficult it is for you to see yourself, your team, and your practice from the patients’ point of view. Yet their impressions are critically important to your success, so you need to look objectively at what they experience when they come in for an appointment, according to Dr. Roger P. Levin. The Oregon dental board’s resolution allowing dental

Welcoming 2015

A new year is upon us and wants to thank you. Thank for all the special and memorable moments we were able to spend together; whether it was at our dental clinic or at the many dental events held in Los Algodones and USA. Also, added a blogs site informing our readers of: Body Health Dental Procedures Oral Care Dental Tourism Cultural and Entertaining Facts In addition to these, our

FDA’s reclassification of SDF as a fluoride could mean new treatment options

The Oregon Board of Dentistry’s resolution to allow dental auxiliaries to apply silver diamine fluoride (SDF), which followed the recent classification of SDF as a fluoride by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), could mean new treatment options, especially for Medicaid beneficiaries. Under current Oregon law, dental hygienists and dental assistants can administer fluoride, but SDF was just cleared to be marketed as a fluoride to desensitize teeth roots

Christmas

On behalf of , we wish all happy holidays, our dental clinic knows that today is special day for many, we invite you to read and learn a few facts associated with Christmas. What is Christmas? Christmas Day is an annual festival celebration among billions of people around the world on December 25, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. However a closer investigation shows us a different point view associated

Sinus Infection: Prevention and Diagnosis

December is one of the coldest months, especially in the northern hemisphere; here winters can be extremely cold and harsh. When a seasonal phenomenon occurs, the winter conditions can turn from bad to worse. An example of a seasonal phenomenon is: El Niño. Fact: There is an approximately 65% chance that El Niño conditions will be present during the Northern Hemisphere winter and last into the Northern Hemisphere spring 2015.

Selecta Biosciences gets $3.2M grant to develop immunotherapy

Selecta Biosciences has received a $3.2 million grant from the Skolkovo Foundation to develop an immunotherapy to treat cancers caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV), such as cervical, head, and neck cancers. Selecta develops drugs that use immune-modulating nanomedicines based on Synthetic Vaccine Particles (SVP), according to a press release. The grant will help advance an SVP cancer immunotherapy from preclinical through early clinical evaluation. The program is designed

Mich. schools get $1M grant for dental, medical clinic

A grant for nearly $1 million will help fund a new medical and dental clinic based at a Michigan public school district, which had the highest emergency room charity caseload in its catchment area. The Oakridge Public Schools was awarded the grant from the state’s Child & Adolescent Health Center Program, according to an mlive.com story. The center will begin offering medical services next fall. To cover operating expenses, the

Robotic surgery technique treats previously inoperable HNC

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have advanced a surgical technique that is performed with the help of a robot to access previously unreachable areas of the head and neck, according to a new report in the journal Head & Neck (November 15, 2014). Abie Mendelsohn, MD, director of head and neck robotic surgery, UCLA. Image courtesy of UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. “This is a revolutionary

Research finds tooth enamel fast track in humans

Incisor teeth grow quickly in the early stages of the second trimester of a baby’s development, while molars grow at a slower rate in the third trimester, according to a study in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology (November 11, 2014). Study author Patrick Mahoney, PhD, from the University of Kent in the U.K., looked at histological thin sections prepared from 125 deciduous teeth (included 92 maxillary and 53 mandibular

Microbrush International launches new disposable microapplicator

Microbrush International has introduced its new TRU by Microbrush disposable microapplicator. TRU by Microbrush is the first in the company’s line of disposable applicators to feature a double-bending tip, a longer 12-cm handle, and an Ultrafine 0.5-mm tip size option. The applicator’s double-bending tip is engineered to give clinicians greater access to hard-to-reach areas of the mouth, according to the company. The double bend is held in place with stay-put

Report: More than half of Calif.’s poor kids not getting dental care

More than half of the 5.1 million children enrolled in Denti-Cal, California’s Medicaid dental program, did not receive dental care last year, and some counties lack providers to meet patients’ oral care needs, according to a new state audit. The 92-page report blames poor provider participation and low reimbursement rates, some of which have not increased since 2000. Those rates were cut by 10% in 2013. The program “needs to

Conn. dentist’s license suspended after patient’s death

A Connecticut dentist whose patient died after having 20 teeth extracted had his license suspended by the Connecticut State Dental Commission. The commission suspended the license of Enfield dentist Rashmi Patel, DDS, after finding that he didn’t properly care for two patients, including the woman who died in February during extensive extraction surgery, according to an Associated Press story. Dr. Patel previously had his license temporarily suspended in April, pending the