From Dental Tribune Nov 15, 2011 | USA New study targets dental drills for hearing loss by Daniel Zimmermann, DTI WESTMINSTER, Colo. & JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. USA: An audiology student who is investigating the effects of noise from dental drills on dentists has won a National Hearing Conservation Association 2011/2012 research award. In her study, [...]

From Dr. Bicuspid September 22, 2011 – Sealing caries in primary molars using the Hall Technique “significantly outperformed” standard restorations in the long term, according to a new study in the Journal of Dental Research (September 15, 2011). Read more Related articles The Endo Blog – Jason Hales rocks! (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) 3 rooted maxillary premolars (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Eh, what’s up [...]

From Dr. Bicuspid – by Donna Domino September 8, 2011 – Endodontists and periodontists were slightly more accurate than general practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons in evaluating suspicious oral lesions, according to a study in Quintessence International (July/August 2011, Vol. 42:7,pp. 575-577). Visit - http://www.oralpath.com/ Read more Related articles There are times you simply can’t afford to be [...]

The fact is that 80% of Canadian dentists won’t get the upshot of the title of this blog entry…… South Pacific, washing, hair, Mitzi Gaynor – never mind. September 1, 2011, 1:16 PM Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands By ANAHAD O’CONNOR A new study has a message for doctors and nurses who fail to wash their [...]

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Burlington, MA – August 22, 2011 Keystone Dental, an oral healthcare company focused on the delivery of breakthrough products to the oral healthcare space, announced today that a five-year, multi-center study to evaluate the long-term success of Genesis, The Biomimetic Implant System™, will begin this week. This postmarket surveillance study will evaluate both the long-term [...]

From Dental Healthub Imaging Wednesday, August 10, 2011 A recent study published in Prilozi (2011, 32(1):283-94;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21822195) suggests that fluoride-releasing conventional glass ionomer, resin modified glass-ionomer, compomer and glass ionomer cement restorations help to reduce secondary caries in permanent immature and deciduous teeth. The study, authored by E Giogievska of the Paediatric and Preventative Department of [...]

By Kerry Grens – July 28, 2011 (Reuters Health) – Expectant mothers who have gum disease are less likely to deliver their babies prematurely if they use mouthwash throughout their pregnancy, a new study suggests. Pregnant women with gum disease, also called periodontal disease, are known to have more preemies than women with healthy gums. [...]

By Rosemary Frei – DrBicuspid.com contributing writer July 28, 2011 – A new study suggests that dentists can accurately screen patients for diabetes and prediabetes using results from two measures they already routinely assess in the clinic (Journal of Dental Research,July 2011,Vol. 90:7, pp. 855-860). Even so, whether most dental offices will add this to daily [...]

From News Medical – July 19, 2011 The microblogging service Twitter is a new means for the public to communicate health concerns and could afford health care professionals new ways to communicate with patients. With the growing ubiquity of user-generated online content via social networking Web sites such as Twitter, it is clear we are [...]

This could have gone off the rails SOOOO FAST, but I resisted the temptation – I must be growing up….dentists face this scenario incessantly…. THE CANADIAN PRESSJuly 5, 2011 A new study finds that patients with low back pain who got a one-hour massage once a week for 10 weeks fared better than those receiving the [...]

Critical thinking, comprehensive reasoning…….online education, elearning, social media, endless study club connects…………these are sound bytes…… Just click on each of the Read me Seymour’s below and realize that you can get in the way of progress, you can try to impede it, you can decry it, you can revile it’s goals, you can pretty much [...]

From Dr. Bicuspid – June 21, 2011 Red laser light enhances teeth whitening June 21,2011 – When used to activate bleaching gel,low-level laser energy increases the effectiveness of teeth whitening, according to a study in the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry (June 15, 2011). Read more Related articles Anti-Aging Dentistry: Looking Beyond Botox (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Whiten Up. (veggiefitness.wordpress.com) [...]

And when they win the cup, sob, talk amongst yourselves, I’m farklempt….. FROM DENTAL TRIBUNE – June 3, 2011 VANCOUVER,BC,Canada: Researchers from the University of British Columbia‘s (UBC) Faculties of Medicine, Science and Dentistry are leading a US$4.7 million pan-Canadian clinical trial aimed at improving outcomes for patients undergoing surgery for oral squamous cell cancers. [...]

By Mark Millan – CNN – May 23, 2011   When a patient suffers an acute stroke, the outcome often rests on how quickly they receive expert care.  Now, by using a medical application for the iPhone or Android, doctors don’t need to be at a hospital to diagnose a stroke patient and begin prescribing [...]

I am completely unaware of the workings of our licensing bodies in Canada, privy only to the mutterings around the table at a study club or society meeting. Mostly, I’m advised about the number of new endodontists coming to Ontario, or the number of dentists trained abroad who are being given “carte blanche” entrance into [...]