Dentin/Enamel Adhesives: Their Current Status
from Oral Health Journal
Enamel bonding has been routinely and successfully used in dentistry for about thirty years, but reliable dentin bonding has been possible only during the latter half of that period. Dozens of dentin/enamel adhesives are available on the market today. Although the sheer number of materials can be confusing to clinicians, these adhesives can be easily classified by bonding strategy and complexity. More

Stem Cells in Teeth Open New Possibilities for Dental Practices
from Woman Dentist Journal
In research centers, universities, and hospitals around the world, there are remarkable scientific advancements giving families the ability to recover valuable stem cells for use in future regenerative medical applications. With the recent discovery of powerful stem cells within deciduous teeth and third molars, both children and adults now have the opportunity to recover and cryo-preserve their stem cells both noninvasively and affordably, giving dentists the opportunity to be on the frontlines of medicine's most exciting developing field. More

Immediate and Early Loading of Oxidized Tapered Implants in the Partially Edentulous Maxilla
from Wiley InterScience
The use of immediate/early implant loading protocols offers obvious advantages for the patient. Although well documented in the totally edentulous mandible, information about clinical outcomes from such protocols in the partially edentate maxilla is lacking. More

American Association for Dental Research Releases its Statement on Oral Health Care within Health Care Reform
from Medical News Today
The American Association for Dental Research released its policy statement titled "Oral Health Care within Health Care Reform," which focuses on the scientific base of oral health and its associations to other aspects of health. For largely historical reasons, the dental profession has evolved parallel to, but separately from, the medical profession. More

Exa'lence in Impressions
from Oral Health Journal
Impression materials have certainly come a long way since the introduction of "modern" rubber base impression material. Rubber base impression materials were difficult and hard to use and foul-smelling. In the evolutionary course of impression material development we next moved to polyether and vinyl polysiloxane (VPS) materials. These materials were advantageous in that they were fast setting, easy to use, and accurate. More

Diets Bad for the Teeth are Also Bad for the Body
from Science Daily
Dental disease may be a wake-up call that your diet is harming your body. "The five-alarm fire bell of a tooth ache is difficult to ignore," says Dr. Philippe P. Hujoel, professor of dental public health sciences at the University of Washington (UW) School of Dentistry in Seattle. Beyond the immediate distress, dental pain may portend future medical problems. It may be a warning that the high-glycemic diet that led to dental problems in the short term may, in the long term, lead to potentially serious chronic diseases. More

Henry Schein Signs Distribution Deal with Dentatus
from The Associated Press via Forbes
Health care products and services company Henry Schein Inc. said that it signed a five-year deal to become the exclusive distributor of Dentatus' narrow body dental implants in North America, Australia and New Zealand. Terms were not disclosed. More

Adequate Anesthesia for Implant Placement?
from Osseo News
The extraction site, in the #31 area (mandibular right second molar), had previously been grafted with (bovine particulate). I was taught that only buccal and lingual infiltrations are the proper way to anesthetize for placing implants in the molar sites, a surgeon said. More

ADA Board proposes balanced budget, no dues hike for 2010
from ADA
In a message of solidarity to members contending with a down economy, the ADA Board of Trustees will send the House of Delegates a balanced budget proposal for 2010 and no recommended increase in membership dues. The House will meet Oct. 2-6 at Annual Session in Hawaii. "The [budget] process this year worked better than I've seen it in my time on the Board and as an officer" of the Association, said Dr. John S. Findley, ADA president. More