This is definitely something you should not try at home. The Kentucky Dental Association (KDA) is alerting its members and the public that it did not authorize a company promoting an at-home dental drilling kit to use its mailing address on its Internet site. The Louisville Dental Society contacted the KDA after receiving an email from a member who saw a Facebook page for DentiDrill, described as a dental drill
A report issued by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has revealed an alarming statistic regarding early childhood caries (ECC): Each year in Canada, more than 19,000 day (or outpatient) surgeries are performed on children younger than age 6 to treat them. “Day surgery for ECC occurred about once for every 100 children age 1 to younger than 5 during the two-year period 2010-2011 to 2011-2012,” the report noted.
ADA Business Resources has selected HealthFirst and Rebec Environmental as the endorsed amalgam recovery service provider for ADA members. Effective immediately, ADA members will be offered savings, a lifetime warranty on Rebec Environmental amalgam separators, and an indemnification for wastewater pollution fines. The amalgam recovery solution meets the ADA’s recommended best practices for the responsible handling of amalgam waste and preventing dental mercury from entering the water supply. HealthFirst provides
Henry Schein has released the axiUm Dental Hygiene Edition, a software application designed for dental hygiene schools. Developed by the Exan Group, the dental hygiene edition is one of three editions in the axiUm suite of products, according to Henry Schein. Other editions include the axiUm Dental Education Edition, which is used at more than 80% of dental schools in North America, and the axiUm Enterprise Edition. The software provides
The bacteria in the human mouth — especially those under the gums — are as powerful as a fingerprint at identifying a person’s ethnicity, according to a new study in PLOS One (October 23, 2013). Researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) identified almost 400 different species of microbes in the mouths of 100 study participants belonging to four ethnic groups: non-Hispanic blacks, Caucasians, Chinese, and Latinos. Only 2% of bacterial
The Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Topeka Correctional Facility to buy equipment for a dental lab program that trains inmates to make dentures. The dental lab’s technician training program provides students with both education and hands-on experience in the science of denture making, according to a press release from the Kansas Department of Corrections. The dentures they create are provided to medically underserved
Last year Esther Wilkins, RDH, DMD, told Tufts Now interviewer Julie Flaherty, “They used to say I could find calculus that wasn’t there.” She is to dental hygiene what Julia Child is to French cooking. Both wrote defining books — but Dr. Wilkins has a dental instrument named after her, the Wilkins/Tufts Explorer. Dr. Wilkins, clinical professor emerita at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, recently helped celebrate the 100th anniversary
An overwhelming majority of people in the U.K. support the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for boys, according to a survey conducted by OnePoll on behalf of the British Dental Health Foundation. Three times as many people said they would support giving the “jab” to boys than were opposed to it, according to the organization. The poll also showed the public’s lack of knowledge about the virus, with more than 1
3M ESPE is the newest underwriting partner for the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF): America’s ToothFairy project. Supporting the delivery of oral health education and care beginning at the prenatal level, America’s ToothFairy engages dental professionals and the general public in programs designed to promote children’s oral health.
The American Dental Hygienists’ Association’s (ADHA) Board of Trustees has formally endorsed the Smiles for Life Oral Health Curriculum. Smiles for Life provides free online resources to primary care providers with the mission of promoting oral health as a vital component of overall health. The organization stated that the free curriculum offers opportunities for clinicians to learn about and prioritize oral health, as well as to partner effectively with each
Become your patients’ source for dental products In your role as expert advisor to patients on the subject of oral health, you can help them tremendously by providing excellent dental products. This works better than merely recommending products because (a) many patients will not follow through on your advice and (b) they will think of your practice’s helpfulness every time they use the products. Make low-cost arrangements with suppliers. Most
Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has shown promising results in reducing the occurrence of canker sores in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy. That’s according to according to trials by Brazilian researchers, who found that almost all HNSCC patients develop canker sores resulting from various treatments, including stem cell transplants, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Canker sores are divided in five grades (0 to 4) by the World