Maria McKenna of Staten Island lost her upper and lower partial dentures in Superstorm Sandy’s floodwaters but has been denied replacements by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — despite a pledge to cover dental work for storm victims, according to an article in the New York Post. McKenna’s home was flooded during the storm, injuring her and severely damaging the property. After several exchanges with the agency, FEMA requested
Glidewell Laboratories’ Inclusive magazine — a multimedia publication focused on implant dentistry — is now available online as well as in print. The digital edition of the new issue and the past two issues of the dental laboratory’s quarterly magazine can be viewed from desktop, tablet, and smartphone platforms by visiting www.inclusivemagazine.com. Featured in the current issue is an article with dental implant pioneer Gordon Christensen, DDS, MSD, PhD, who
The 16th annual University of the Pacific (UOP) Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry Kids in the Klinic Golf Classic, held June 24 at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, raised nearly $60,000. The event helped the school’s Kids in the Klinic Endowment reach a milestone goal of raising $2 million to support care for children throughout Northern California. The endowment is focused on dental care and oral health education
The concept of finishing and polishing dental restorations to achieve a smooth surface dates back as far as Pierre Fauchard, a French physician known as the father of modern dentistry. Since that time, technological advances in dental materials, coupled with consumer demand for more natural-looking restorations, has resulted in an increasing array of abrasive wheels, cups, points, strips, carbides, disks, diamonds, and pastes to finish restorative materials. Monica F. Anderson,
Xlear, a maker of xylitol-based products, has donated more than $59,000 in Spry toothpaste to the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s ToothFairy (NCOHF). The donation benefits America’s ToothFairy affiliates participating in the NCOHF Oral Health Zone Program throughout Arizona; Virginia; the Washington, DC, metro area; and the San Francisco Bay region. The America’s ToothFairy Affiliate network consists of community-based nonprofit programs dedicated to providing educational, preventive, and restorative services
A web-based nomogram can help decide which patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) will benefit from adjuvant radiotherapy, according to a study in JAMA Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery (May 16, 2013). A nomogram is a graphical analog computation device in which a 2D diagram enables the approximate graphical computation of a function. Nomograms are used increasingly in medicine to aid in the prediction of cancer risk,
IntelliDent is donating hundreds of toothbrush shields to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Florida. The donation will support the improvement of the health and well-being of children and families staying at one of the Ronald McDonald Houses in Orlando, according to a press release. The company’s toothbrush shield will be available on the campuses of Florida Hospital for Children and the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. The toothbrush shield
A new four-year, $1.58 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, will allow Yiping Han, PhD, an associate professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, to continue to advance her research linking certain oral bacteria to fetal death. This is Han’s third National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research RO1 award. She’s published numerous papers from previous research related to Fusobacterium nucleatum.
In vivo Raman spectroscopy is showing promise as a diagnostic tool for identifying malignant and potentially malignant lesions of the human oral cavity in a clinical setting, according to a study in the Journal of Biophotonics (July 2, 2013). The study, conducted at the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology in India, involved 28 healthy volunteers and 171 patients having various lesions of the oral cavity. The researchers measured the
Utah is considering updating its stance on Botox in dentistry. While there is limited interest among the small population of dentists in the state, a handful of vocal proponents are compelling dental organizations there to examine dated guidelines. Current laws are unspecific about the use of Botox, stating that dentists are permitted to administer drugs “related to and appropriate in the practice of dentistry,” according to an article in the
Dental implants offer a cost-effective alternative to traditional treatments for tooth replacement and also improve quality of life, according to a literature review in the International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants (March/April 2013, Vol. 28:2, pp. 343-356). The review analyzed all available studies published in English between 2000 and 2010 relating to the cost-effectiveness of various tooth-replacement options. In total, 14 studies on long-term costs were included in the
The increasing adoption of cone-beam CT in dentistry has prompted much discussion of how to control the amount of radiation that patients — particularly children in orthodontic treatment — are exposed to. Now researchers from the University of Würzburg have demonstrated that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an effective, nonionizing option for diagnosing dental abnormalities in pediatric patients undergoing orthodontic treatment (Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, July 2013, Vol.