Clinical – Failed revascularization and bleaching (Abiotic staining)
Last posting of the year……..from a student in Philadelphia who gets the concept of sharing and caring….it’s the information, it’s how we learn best…….comment away mes enfants, the mind you save may be…
Study Fuels Debate Over Widespread HIV Testing And Its Cost
By Christopher Weaver KHN The wider use of a cheap blood test could help cut the number of new HIV infections by more than 80,000 in the United States over 20 years. The…
Bone Substitute: The Search for the “Perfect” Grafting Material
By Dr. David Rosen – from Dental Compare With the possible exception of implant fixtures (and their prosthetic attachments), no area in periodontics has proliferated so rapidly as periodontal regeneration materials. Today commercial…
AAPD Partners With Text4baby To Provide Pregnant Women And New Moms With Oral Health Messages
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD), the recognized leader in children‘s oral health, announced an outreach partnership with the text4baby program. The AAPD’s leading pediatric oral health experts will work closely with…
Gingivitis and how the dominos fall…………
From an article in Clinical Oral Investigations – C-reactive protein in relation to early atherosclerosis and periodontitis Maha Yakob, Jukka H. Meurman, Tomas Jogestrand, Jacek Nowak, Per-Östen Söder and Birgitta Söder Image via…
Does Fluoride Really Fight Cavities by ‘the Skin of the Teeth?’
ScienceDaily (Dec. 15, 2010) — In a study that the authors describe as lending credence to the idiom, “by the skin of your teeth,” scientists are reporting that the protective shield fluoride forms…
5 tips for marketing your dental practice
I’m old enough to remember, two early dental entrepreneurs who were excoriated and taken to court for appearing in an ad related to the Holiday Inn. My how the times have changed. From Dental…
AAOMR president: NY Times CBCT article hits the mark
From Dr. Bicuspid – December 17, 2010 – The November 23 New York Times article by Walt Bogdanich and Jo Craven McGinty is to be welcomed as it poses questions that are relevant to the safety…
Bend me, shape me, anyway you want me…….long as you pass me….
In response to a high prevalence of neck and back pain among working dentists and dental hygienists, the dean of the University of Maryland Dental School Christian S. Stohler, DMD, DrMedDent, has launched…
Mark Zuckerberg – you sonofadentist
On the afternoon of Nov. 16, 2010, Mark Zuckerberg was leading a meeting in the Aquarium, one of Facebook‘s conference rooms, so named because it’s in the middle of a huge work space…
Detection of human papilloma virus (HPV) in oral mucosa of women with cervical lesions and their relation to oral sex practices
Source: 7thspace.comAuthors: Luis Sanchez-Vargas et al Previous studies have either investigated the relationship of HPV with oral cancer or the prevalence of HPV on the oral cavity. The purpose of this investigation was…
Future of Dentistry – Webinars in triplicate
A webinar is a neologism to describe a specific type of web conference. It is typically one-way, from the speaker to the audience with limited audience interaction, such as in a webcast. A webinar can be collaborative and include polling…
Future of Dentistry – Pas de Deux
By Eric S. Solomon, DDS, MA Part 1 of a 4-part series Dentistry is going through a transition. As we shall see,the range of dental services and the mix of dental practice employees…







