Dental supplier Life-Like Cosmetic Solutions will use a Facebook donation campaign to raise awareness for Oral Health America (OHA). For every new person who “likes” the Life-Like Facebook page by September 30, the company will donate $1 to OHA, according to the company. Life-Like currently has 140 fans on its Facebook page, so more “likes” will translate into dollars for OHA. The company has also agreed that if they receive
Patients in need of financial assistance can create profiles and personal campaigns on a new website, www.peelpoints.com, that allows members to raise money to finance orthodontics, cosmetic dentistry, plastic surgery, LASIK, or even a spa visit or tanning package. The site, developed by Peel, provides a registry point to raise funds for these procedures and services. Recurring beauty needs such as hair coloring or nail services also can be budgeted
Dentists need the support of health psychologists to enhance patients’ satisfaction with their appearance before they embark on aesthetic dental procedures. These are the findings of a study by Sharmila Sarin, supervised by Koula Asimakopoulou, PhD, and colleagues from King’s College London that was presented September 11 at the British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology’s Annual Conference in Brighton, U.K. In the study, 60 participants completed the Slade Body
Efforts by activists in Alaska to get the Anchorage Assembly to address the issue of water fluoridation have succeeded — but only to a point, according to an article in the Anchorage Daily News. The assembly still supports fluoridation but is recommending a public advisory vote for those seeking to end fluoridation. Alaska has not been left out of the U.S. fluoride debate. Juneau ceased fluoridation in 2006, and two
OrthoAccel Technologies has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 8,500,446, Vibrating Orthodontic Remodeling Device, for its hands-free AcceleDent device. AcceleDent is a prescription-only medical device designed for faster orthodontic treatment with only 20 minutes of daily use. It was introduced to the U.S. market in 2012 and is now offered at more than 1,000 orthodontic locations across the country, the company noted in a press release. AcceleDent’s technology was developed in
A new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has determined that its recent antismoking advertising campaign has influenced more than 220,000 to quit the habit among the estimated 1.64 million quit attempts that it inspired (Lancet, September 9, 2013). “In 2012, the CDC’s ‘Tips from Former Smokers’ media campaign, made possible by the prevention fund of the Affordable Care Act, pulled back the curtain and
Delivery of cancer care in the U.S. is facing a crisis stemming from a combination of factors — a growing demand for such care, a shrinking oncology workforce, rising costs of cancer care, and the complexity of the disease and its treatment, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The report recommends ways to respond to these challenges and improve cancer care delivery, including by strengthening
A study published in the Journal of Implantology has introduced a new, more advanced method for bone and tissue regeneration that prevents infection (August 2013, Vol. 39:4, pp. 503-509). The most commonly used treatment for postextraction regeneration has been a combination of acellular dermis matrix (ADM), a type of bone regenerating material that uses cadaveric tissue with all the cells removed, and different grafting procedures. However, there have been no
A Fort Smith, AR, orthodontist has been asked to go before the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners over allegations that offering prophylaxes might be a violation of a state law against practicing outside his specialty. Ben Burris, DDS, MDS, said he has been summoned to a board hearing after he recently started offering dental exams for half of what other dentists in the area charge, according to an Arkansas
A new solar energy technology that turns water into steam without boiling the entire container of water has become the basis for new sterilization devices that could be used on medical and dental instruments without electricity, according to a keynote address on September 8 at a meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Two solar steam prototypes of the devices, which need no electricity or fuel, were developed at by
Dentists and hygienists are encouraged to report adverse drug and device reactions in the oral cavity of in their patients to improve the U.S. surveillance system and help protect patients’ safety, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Dental Association (September 1, 2013, Vol. 144:9, pp. 1014-1021). Americans spent $234.1 billion in 2008 for prescription drugs, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. In 2008,
A team of Cardiff University clinicians and computer scientists are using 3D surface motion imaging to study facial movement and transform the way patients needing facial surgery are assessed and monitored. Research into facial movement has important applications in patients whose facial movement is affected by conditions such as a cleft lip or neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, or someone who has experienced a stroke, the researchers noted in
