Nearly four out of five Australian adults rated their oral health as being good, very good, or excellent in 2008, according to a report released December 1 by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). However, about one in five Australian adults rated their oral health as poor or fair, and many of these Australians fell into categories of low socioeconomic status, the AIHW noted. The report identifies associations
Despite ongoing efforts to increase access to oral healthcare for children in Medicaid programs, a new report issued November 30 by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that little has changed in the past decade. Although progress has been made, nearly two-thirds of the Medicaid children in the U.S. failed to get any dental care as recently as 2008, according to a GAO analysis of state reports. There were
Vitamin D supplements can play a positive role in supporting and improving periodontal health in older adults and pregnant women, according to two new studies in the Journal of Periodontology (JOP, September 1, 2010). In 2009, researchers from Saint Louis University, Southern Illinois University, and Washington University found that patients in periodontal maintenance programs taking vitamin D and calcium supplementation trended toward better periodontal health compared with patients not taking
Dental insurance provider DentalForEveryone.com is partnering with Pinney Insurance Center to offer its orthodontic insurance policies to Pinney clients. In exchange, DentalForEveryone.com customers will have access to Pinney life insurance policies. As part of the agreement, DentalForEveryone.com customers can get a free online insurance quote using the Pinney Insurance system. They can also complete and order through Pinney Insurances’ EZLife Sales online life insurance application ordering system, with Pinney Insurance
SensAble Technologies, a provider of dental restoration design and fabrication solutions, 3D modeling software and haptic devices, has further expanded its network of European partners in service to the growing dental lab business in Europe, the company announced. SensAble is partnering with the German company Siladent Dr. Böhme & Schöps and Innodema, an alliance of dental lab fabrication experts based in Belgium, both of whom become SensAble Authorized Production Centers
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government will consider whether to force tobacco companies to adopt plain packaging to try to reduce the attraction of smoking, according to a policy document on public health published on Tuesday. The document also suggested that a ban on the display of tobacco products in shops, introduced by the previous government that lost power in May, was being reconsidered. Major tobacco companies were seeking to
The research community has been divided over the effectiveness of calcium phosphate products in remineralizing teeth and reversing caries progression. But evidence supporting the use of amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) systems continues to mount, with much of the research favoring casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP) and casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium fluoride phosphate (CPP-ACFP) products. Recent years have seen a series of remineralization product launches, along with published papers debating the pros
Most Americans and Canadians up to age 70 need no more than 600 international units (IUs) of vitamin D per day to maintain health, and those 71 and older may need as much as 800 IUs, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The amount of calcium needed ranges from 700 to 1,300 mg per day, according to the IOM Committee to Review Dietary Reference Intakes
A New York endodontist has been temporarily barred from practicing after fracturing patients’ jaws and leaving files in teeth during root canal procedures, according to a story in the Syracuse Post-Standard. Deepika Reddy, DDS, who operates East Syracuse Family Dental Arts in Syracuse, has been temporarily barred from practicing endodontics by the New York State Education Department, which licenses dentists. The professional misconduct and negligence charges involve seven patients who
People with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have more noncalcified plaque in their coronary arteries, according to a study presented November 30 at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago. “Our study reveals that individuals with obstructive sleep apnea are prone to developing an aggressive form of atherosclerosis that puts them at risk for impaired blood flow and cardiovascular events,” said U. Joseph Schoepf, MD, a professor
Novalar Pharmaceuticals has donated more than $100,000 worth of its OraVerse anesthetic-reversal product to the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF) affiliate network. The NCOHF affiliate network is a consortium of more than 60 U.S. not-for-profit oral health programs dedicated to eliminating pediatric dental disease by offering comprehensive dental services to underserved children. “Through this donation program, dentists within the network may effectively treat their patients with local anesthetics without
Remedent has signed an agreement with Small Caps Finance (SCF) to open at least two Glamsmile Studios in Brussels, Belgium, and Milan, Italy, with an option for Rome as well, the company announced. SCF will provide all the necessary financing to a joint venture between both entities, in which Remedent/Glamsmile will be the majority owner and provide all the necessary product and support to open the studios. Glamsmile will operate
