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
In this latest installment of HuangshanDental.com‘s Dental Heroes series, we talked with Michelle Noblet-Vacha, RDH, the executive director of Senior Mobile Dental, a nonprofit organization that delivers dental services to underserved elderly patients. Vacha founded Senior Mobile Dental in 2007 after she experienced firsthand the challenges many senior citizens must overcome when trying to access oral healthcare services. Equipped with more than 20 years of dental hygiene experience, a Bachelor
The Toronto Implant Institute has opened its new teaching center, which will offer practitioners further education on dental implants and improve their surgical techniques. The facility also doubles as an imaging center, using Carestream Dental’s cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) systems and digital intraoral sensors. The center is led by Ontario-based prosthodontist Natalie Wong, DDS. The center is offering hands-on surgery classes led by Dr. Wong, with cases provided by the doctors
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded a five-year, $11.3 million grant to a team of researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) to further their studies on thyroid cancer. The new grant is a continuation of a study that ran from 2008 through 2013, “Genetic and Signaling Pathways in Epithelial Thyroid Cancer.”
Milestone Scientific and Henry Schein have signed a distribution agreement whereby Henry Schein will become the exclusive U.S. and Canadian distributor of Milestone’s Wand handpiece associated with its CompuDent instrument. The agreement does not apply to Milestone’s existing distribution agreements relating to its STA Single Tooth Anesthesia System, the company noted in a press release.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is awarding $2.8 million this year for six research projects to pursue a longer-lasting dental composite. The six projects, each funded for five years, will allow a select group of scientists in the U.S. to work independently toward the common goal of doubling the service life of dental composites. Dentists currently place more than 122 million dental composites per year in the U.S., according