Abstract DE van Diermen et al From JADA – Dec 2011 Background. For many years, international guidelines have advised health care professionals not to adjust oral antithrombotic medication (OAM) regimens before invasive dental procedures. The authors conducted a study to examine the opinions of Dutch general dentists regarding the dental care of patients receiving treatment with [...]

http://www.snoringisntsexy.com/ Dentistry’s role in the recognition and management of snoring and sleep apnea is largely unknown by the public despite the fact that oral appliance therapy has been approved as first-line therapy for mild to moderate sleep apnea and in cases where the patient cannot tolerate or prefers not to utilize a medically prescribed CPAP [...]

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Volume 69, Issue 12 , Pages e506-e512, December 2011 Purpose Achieving primary implant stability in areas with poor bone density is often challenging to the clinician. Previous research has suggested that modified surgical protocols might be beneficial in such situations. The objective of the present clinical study was to evaluate [...]

In the pre-show (yawn) before Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – as enticing as Downton Abbey – there was a commercial for the Xbox Kinect.  The flood of iPAD Cloud based dental APPS has become a tsunami, yet suddenly it became apparent that they were already “yesterday’s news”. Imagine a dental program where using voice and [...]

 TRAUMA FRACTURE CBCT – see images below I suggest extract the tooth place an implant and save the patient from a bunch of speculation and conjecture. The patient only wants a tooth and an implant will give them that predictably. Andrew W Kelly -IMPLANTOLOGIST ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– I have posted this case earlier and wanted to show the CBCT of the [...]

We should all dream of the day when the title reads “A closer look at the six women who matter in dentistry; the glass ceiling shatters!” Last week, FORBES released its annual “World’s Most Powerful People” list, spotlighting a diverse cross section of influencers including business and political leaders, spiritual figures as well as today’s opinion makers.  Of those [...]

What did Rodgers and Hammerstein, Paul Simon and Lennon and McCartney know that dentistry is just learning to appreciate; that social networking can work wonders if you extrapolate with Bayesian objectivity.  “You and I have memories/longer than road that stretches out ahead”, applies to relationships, not learning. Blended learning describes an algorithm that combines different [...]

From Mark Dreyer of the ROOTS forum……it’s what this blog needs from y’all……… Hope it isn’t too much bandwidth, but I thought I’d save these as single images so as to see the cbct slices better. Visit 2 he was better but not feeling good enough for me to be comfortable completing.  I placed ledermix as [...]

From http://en.zerodonto.com/ Fabio Cozzolino DDS PhD Anna Mariniello DDS Roberto Sorrentino DDS PhD Dental Tecnician: Marcello Sacchetta I’ve been begging for content from Canadian dentists in this format, albeit less intense for months……..the fact that it comes from an Italian blog simply underscores the fact that learning on the INTERNET is global. Only folks who don’t [...]

J Endod. 2011 Jul;37(7):1008-12. Epub 2011 May 7. Peters OA, Bardsley S, Fong J, Pandher G, Divito E. Source Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA. opeters@pacific.edu Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study set out to compare the efficacy of laser-activated and ultrasonically activated root canal disinfection with conventional irrigation, specifically [...]

Integration of drug and clinical content database with practice management software improves patient care, further streamlines office administration ATLANTA and HUDSON, OHIO – Carestream Dental LLC, a subsidiary of Carestream Health, Inc., and the exclusive manufacturer of KODAK Dental Systems, announces today it has entered into a comprehensive data-sharing agreement with Lexicomp, a global provider [...]

Increasingly, practitioners are able to repair damaged roots and improve the success rates of endodontic surgical procedures. Bioceramic materials are now available to augment MTA which has been on the market for over a decade. The abstract is an article from Dr. Haapasalo’s group in BC.

by Marcel Meurer, Germany – from Dental Tribune At the annual conference of the German Society of Endodontology and Traumatology (DGET), which took place from 3 to 5 November 2011 in Bonn, Germany, Morita provided for a grand finale. For the final highlight of the annual conference in the luxurious surroundings of the Kameha Grand [...]

American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics Volume 140, Issue 6 , Pages 762-770, December 2011 Introduction Chronic snoring is considered abnormal in a pediatric population. This disorder is often attributed to enlarged tonsils and adenoids, but multiple anatomic obstructions should also be considered. Facial and dental morphometry associations with various sleep-disordered breathing symptoms were investigated at an [...]

Health.com – by Anne Harding THURSDAY, December 15, 2011 (Health.com) — Each year, nearly 20 million men, women, and children in the United States fail to see a family physician or similar health-care professional but do pay at least one visit to the dentist, according to a new study in the American Journal of Public Health. [...]

The complex genetic and environmental causes of Crohn’s Disease (CD) have long been difficult to untangle. CD, a type of Inflammatory Bowel Disease that affects about 100 to 150 people per 100,000 in Europe, is characterised by inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract. Even though twin and family studies suggest a high heritability for CD of [...]