What you talkin’ ’bout Willis?!
Fluorescence mainly an adjunct for occlusal caries detection By Kathy Kincade, Editor in Chief DrBicuspid - April 2, 2012 – While fluorescence-based caries detection devices have been shown to offer clinical decision-making support, visual inspection should continue…
Clog – Controlled dentin preparation with Smart Bur 2
by George Freedman DDS, FAACD, FADFE, FACD 1. The excavation of deep decay with a metal carbide bur carries the risk of not only removing infected dentin, but also unintentionally cutting away affected…
Dried Licorice Root Fights Tooth Decay and Gum Disease
From WebDental – Dr. Carey Feuerman – January 14, 2012 Scientists are reporting identification of two substances in licorice — used extensively in Chinese traditional medicine — that kill the major bacteria responsible…
Formulated with Edible Clay, New Advanced Gum Healing Mineral Toothpaste Introduced
From Cosmetic Dentistry News It goes without saying that some enterprising marketer will put this material in Play-Doh and plastercine (do they still manufacture plactercine?)… Zion Health, a San Francisco-based company specializing in…
Plasma Brush may Help Banish Fear of Pain During Dental Visits
by Kathy Jones on December 22, 2011 at 7:28 PM Researchers from the University of Missouri have developed a new Plasma Brush that promises to help dentists clean and disinfect the cavities for…
Implications of caries diagnostic strategies for clinical management decisions
Baelum, V., Hintze, H., Wenzel, A., Danielsen, B. and Nyvad, B. (2011), Implications of caries diagnostic strategies for clinical management decisions. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2011.00655.x Abstract – Objectives: In clinical practice, a visual–tactile caries…
Microcavities: Does Earliest Decay Need Filling?
Lotta chatter about dentistry on the news shows these days…this from ABC news By the time a dentist finds a cavity, that tooth has been through several stages of a chronic infectious disease called…
A Closer Look at Teeth May Mean More Fillings
By Ritchie S. King – the New York Times – November 28, 2011 Until 2010, Amelia Nuwer, 22, visited the same dentist every year in Biloxi, Miss., her hometown. And every year she…
Bam, biff, kerpow, krunch!!
Could it be? An end to S. Mutans? Image via Wikipedia UCLA clinical study leads to “smartbomb” mouthwash that destroys S. mutans In a recent clinical study, 12 subjects who rinsed just one…
There is a god; we made the New York Times Sunday Review
IT’S become commonplace to criticize the “Occupy” movement for failing to offer an alternative vision. But the thousands of activists in the streets of New York and London aren’t the only ones lacking…
Evaluation of two imaging techniques: near-infrared transillumination and dental radiographs for the detection of early approximal enamel caries
From Dentomaxillofacial Radiology/British Institute of Radiology A M A Maia, L Karlsson, W Margulis and A S L Gomes Objectives: The aim of this paper was to evaluate a transillumination (TI) system using near-infrared (NIR) light and bitewing…
Clinical tip: you need an air-polishing device (air slurry polisher) for more than you think!
My preference is to use it to uncover canals once the access perimeter has been defined, but I’ll give el Gordo his due on this one. Sep 22, 2011 – From Dental IQ…
Dentists not heeding ADA’s call to seal noncavitated lesions
By Rob Goszkowski, Assistant Editor Dr. Bicuspid September 1, 2011 – As it rolls out clinical recommendations, the ADA is on a mission to guide general dentists to a decision-making process that combines the…
Drill, fill and bill…..not so fast! Hold the drill
From Dental Tribune – don’t mind the background colour – Word Press is coming…..soon, I hope…….really I do. LEEDS, UK: The thought of the dentist’s drill puts many people off visiting their dentist,even…
Air Techniques Spectra Caries Detection Aid Wins Pride Institutes Technology Award for a Second Year!
Spectra looks to be a remarkable device re; patient presentation and case acceptance. I am familiar with the Diagnodent, however a numerical display won’t impact the same as the visual display of the…
New process may remineralize teeth in minutes, not days
From Dr.Bicuspid – Rob Gozkowski – Assistant Editor June 2, 2011 – A method of using calcium phosphate solutions to remineralize carious lesions in dentin using has had promising results in a recent study,…
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