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A California mother is irate because she says although her nine-year-old son takes part in the Big Smiles Program, she never signed the extraction consent form before her son's teeth were pulled at school. Alexander Henry had four teeth pulled as part of the Big Smiles Program that is contracted by the San Diego Unified School District. The program provides free dental care to hundreds of local children.

Millennium Dental Technologies, creator of FDA-cleared LANAP® protocol for the treatment of moderate to severe gum disease and the digital dental laser PerioLase MVP-7, presented periodontal clinical dat

The American Association of Endodontists found that although 63% of Americans want to avoid getting a root canal, 69% want to keep their natural teeth.

VERSAILLES, Ohio – (August 2, 2010) – Midmark Corporation today announced the launch of its newest dental promotion, the 2010 National Operatory Promotion, entitled “C.S.I. Customer Solution Investigation.” The promotion order period begins August 1, 2010, and runs through November 15, 2010. Dentists and dental facilities that purchase eligible Midmark dental products during the promotional period will receive product incentives ranging from dental stools and upholstery upgrades, to discounted pricing.

General dentists see volumes of patients each year. However, only 1 in 4 adults has straight teeth and a healthy stable bite. General dentists can add Invisalign® to their practices knowing there are many patients who can benefit from treatment.  An excellent way to market Invisalign is to educate patients about its benefits.

1. With a life of 30,000-plus hours-10 times longer than halogen-the everLight eliminates the need to replace light bulbs.

The Blackline® Highspeed Handpiece series features Carbon Fiber, the newest of Bien-Air’s technological advancements in dental handpieces. A light-weight core combined with optimal strength offers maneuverability and longevity for the user.

THE SET-UP "Fractured ceramic crowns are an everyday problem in dental practice. It is not always feasible or cost effective to replace the ceramic restoration for the patient if a repair can be made using composite resin. In this article, a new self adhering flowable composite, Vertise Flow, will be used to demonstrate a simplified approach to porcelain repair that does not require the use of Hydrofluoric acid or silane priming." -Dr. Robert A. Lowe, team lead

With the advent of vital tooth bleaching, the market has been flooded with options leaving  patients confused about the process and often misled by Internet marketing and unsupervised OTC products. For a lot of our patients, nighttime bleaching with custom trays is simply not an option although it is a preferred method for many dentists as it uses carbamide peroxide with lower concentration and slower release time.

REALITY's Top Choices THE SET-UP All tests performed in the Reality Research lab are performed by dentists-not students or researchers-in a way that simulates actual clinical procedures as closely as possible. THE CRITERIA Ideal characteristics:

“I love teeth,” Sarah Wyssmann readily admits. “I am a teeth fanatic. I love to take care of my teeth-brushing, flossing.”

Even as more and more intraoral digital impression capture systems come onto the marketplace, for labs working with dentists who prefer to follow the traditional tray-based route of impression capture yet want to eliminate models from there workflow procedures, there is an increasing number of options for scanning the tray impression from the dentist directly into a CAD system using a benchtop scanner.

1. With its ability to surround your patients-whether seated or reclined-with digital media, the Flexview HD media delivery system gives your practice a “wow” effect patients are sure to remember. 2. Designed to make the most of your intraoral cameras, digital x-ray systems and software, the crystal-clear Samsung monitor shows patients-in high definition-everything you want them to see.

In the dental environment, lighting is an under utilized design tool in part because the lamping (bulbs) and fixture types have expanded so tremendously over the last five years, it is hard to know what options to consider.   Lighting can positively impact function (task lighting) or esthetics (ambient lighting). Understanding the options available is key in achieving the best affect from lighting and their improved energy benefits in the process.  

When I started in dentistry in 1986, the most powerful quartz halogen light required at least 40 seconds to fully cure an increment of composite, while conventional curing lights lacked power.

Shofu Vintage® MP can easily and safely be applied to all PFM alloys within a CTE range of 13.6 to 15.2 x 10-6K-1 and can be effectively used in a simple two-layer dentin-enamel technique (Fig. A illustrates its use on palladium alloy, while Fig.

Sexual harassment isn’t a topic most people like to talk about, especially in the workplace. But just because you’re not talking about it doesn’t mean it can’t happen in your operatory.

Local anesthetics have allowed you to perform dentistry for more than 100 years. And those needles you’ve bee n using have scared patients for just as long.

Year after year, survey after survey, DPR’s readers affirm that when it comes to choosing new dental products for their dental practices, colleague recommendations are vital. Here, we provide space for dental professionals-like you and your team-to reflect on the products they see making a difference.

The A-dec LED Dental Operatory Light delivers a combination of color temperature accuracy and high color rendering index value that reportedly give the truest illumination on the new dental product market. It also features a thin profile, passive thermal management, and easy positioning.

Be yourself Home care compliance and individuality are closely related. Here we take a look at four unique patient personalities and highlight basic essentials that should have a place in their medicine cabinet.

Pulling teeth by day and devising inventions by night.

When I started in dentistry in 1986, the most powerful quartz halogen light required at least 40 seconds to fully cure an increment of composite, while conventional curing lights lacked power. When indirect restorations asserted their presence in the 1990s, materials like Empress (Ivoclar Vivadent) leucite porcelain or feldspathic porcelain veneers allowed light penetration. However, materials like InCeram (VITA) and Procera (Nobel Biocare) still did not.

http://premusa.com1. TS2000™ diamonds save time and money by simultaneously performing rapid gross reduction and creating a marginal finish line.

Both Integra® Dental Casework and Artizan® Dental Furniture provide designs that meet ergonomic workflow, infection control, technology integration and unique storage requirements. Artizan Dental Furniture offers flexibility with a wide variety of standard product configurations and the capability to provide custom product solutions in design, size and color.

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Several studies have shown bib holders are a potential source for cross-contamination in the dental office. Using Bib-Eze eliminates that risk.

Septodont Inc. is known as a leader in dental anesthetics and related products. Septocaine is one of the most used local anesthetics in dentistry and the company has a wide offering of related pain control products including its new Septoject Evolution needles.

Offering affordable treatment plans to patients is especially challenging in t

Biting into a sugary chocolate bar may not be the best choice for healthy teeth. But a Louisiana-based company is taking the stand that not all cocoa-based products are equal.