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It’s not like you don’t have a full schedule. You practice dentistry and run a business, go to local professional meetings – maybe city meetings, travel to CE courses, and somehow, you manage to have a family and a social life. These days, dentists also have to stay in touch with the latest technological developments. [...]

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In the state where “Virtue, Liberty, and Independence” is the motto, dentists and dental care professionals can no longer date their patients. The State Board of Dentistry and Pennsylvania Dental Association disagree on the new ruling. The Board has deemed that sexual misconduct is defined as such: “[a]ny sexual conduct with a current patient, including [...]

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A report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. predicts dental supplies in the global market will exceed nearly $22 billion by 2015. Read the full report here.

GlaxoSmithKline is buying Biotene (by Laclede), the leading OTC treatment for dry mouth. Last year, Biotene sold $50 million across the globe, with more than half of the sales originating [...]

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Cleft palate and tooth abnormalities (missing, additional, underdeveloped teeth) have been linked to a series of genes numbering more than a dozen. These include ERBB2, IRF6, MSX1, PVR, PVRL, and TGFA. University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine found the link, which could lead to risk screening and, ultimately, corrective gene therapy. People with cleft [...]

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Finally some good news regarding the economy! According to an article at http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_10043217, the York Daily Record website, while dental visits have dropped a little overall, the growth in sales and earnings at Dentsply International continues. Second quarter sales are up 17%+ over 2007, and earnings per share grew 23%. According to Dentsply, growth [...]

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Angie’s List is an online community and resource that recently added dentists to the healthcare category on the site. A recent poll found that half of Angie’s List  respondents fear dental visits – whether because of pain, needles, drills, or other reasons. The poll also revealed that most patients stay with their dentist, even if [...]

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Inspiration from a Fellow Dentist
Dentists are persistent, and those who persist succeed. Take, for instance, Capt. Mehmet Danis, the CFB Kingston dentist who recently placed sixth in the 250-km, six-phase race across the Gobi Desert. The man didn’t even have a pair of trail running shoes, but instead wore street tennies.

What Not to Do
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What better way to ring off the Fourth of July weekend than with news about some of the great volunteers and philanthropic efforts in the dental field over the past week? These are just a sampling of the many news stories that often get overlooked for more exciting events. Think about what America could be [...]

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To get an understanding of what makes cone beam ct (Also known as CBVT; Cone Beam Volumetric Tomography) different imagine that you are Superman. Superman of course has x-ray vision. As Superman you could stand beside Lois Lane and focus your x-ray vision on her lower 1st molar and view an image of the tooth that is similar to a traditional radiograph. Now imagine that as Superman you can fly around Lois and view her molar from any angle; from the lingual from the mesial even straight up from the root tips. That (and more) is what cone Beam CT allows us to do.

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The following is from a press release from Imaging Sciences the folks behind the I-Cat:
 
“A new report was released this week by the New England Journal of Medicine identifying new dangers of medical CT scans. Specifically, the research shows that unnecessary or overused patient CT scans have been found to cause an increased risk of cancer. But what about dental patients who are required to get a CT scan before dental procedures? Do they face the same risks?
In the dental industry, dentists needing to capture 3-D data of a patient’s mouth, face, and jaw prior to treatment planning and surgical procedures can send the patient out to get a medical CT. However, it is important for dental patients and dental practitioners to recognize and understand the differences between a medical CT scan of the chest, which is the one referenced in the latest research report, a maxillofacial CT scan for a dental procedure.
The radiation dose in a dental CT scan is significantly less-about 100 times less-than the levels released in this recent report on medical chest CT scans. Dental patients then, are not facing the same risks as stated in the report.”

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