Dentists Back Sealants, Despite Concerns
from The New York Times
Cavities or chemicals? That’s the dilemma for parents worried about a controversial substance found in the popular sealants that are painted on children’s molars to prevent decay. The chemical is bisphenol-A, or BPA, which is widely used in the making of the hard, clear plastic called polycarbonate, and is also found in the linings of food and soft-drink cans. More

Chronic Inflammation in Periodontal Diseases: Immunopathogenesis and Treatment
from Dental Economics
Historically, it was assumed that plaque-induced periodontal disease was a single disease caused by a non-specific accumulation of plaque whose destructive effects over time resulted in the progressive loss of periodontal attachment at a relatively constant rate. However, several observations have challenged this view. More

X Marks the Spot: Sharpies Get Thumbs-up for Marking Surgery Sites
from Science Daily
A bit of good news out of the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta for patients undergoing surgery or an invasive procedure, their surgeons and cost-conscious hospital administrators. It's standard practice for the surgeon or their designate to mark the operative/invasive site using a marking pen before an operation, a precaution to ensure surgeons cut the correct spot. But there was concern that germs would be spread from one patient to the next, so it has also become common procedure to throw away the marker each time, costing thousands of dollars a year. More

Nonsurgical Treatment Modalities
from Woman Dentist eJournal
In the 1980s, quadrant scalings (quads) or scaling and root planing (SRP) procedures with anesthesia were slowly making their way into hygiene schedules. Ultrasonics were primarily used for gross supragingival calculus debridement. By the mid-1990s, host modulation ushered the dental community into a whirlwind of controversy and fervor. Peer-reviewed publications burst with terms such as enzyme suppression, C-reactive proteins, and lipopolysaccharides. More

Antibiotic Prophylaxis for the Surgical Placement of Dental Implants
from Osseo News
Early Wound Healing Following One-Stage Dental Implants Placement With and Without Antibiotic Prophylaxis: A Pilot Study. The results raise doubts regarding the clinical usefulness of amoxicillin prophylaxis. More

Dental Supplies Market to Cross $21.8 billion by 2015
from PRWeb
Market for dental supplies is characterized by presence of well-established, traditional segments such as prosthetics and relatively new markets such as dental implants. Growth in the overall dental products market is, to an extent, determined by disposable income of consumers and an emphasis on preventive and aesthetic functions rather than curative. More

Pennsylvania Dentists Barred from Dating Patients
from the Associated Press via Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Dentists who find their perfect love match sitting in the patients' chair must end the professional relationship and wait a few months before dating, according to new Pennsylvania state regulations. The new rules say that any sexual conduct – even consensual contact – with a current patient, including "words, gestures or expressions, actions or any combination thereof," is subject to disciplinary action by the State Board of Dentistry. More

Dental Crowns in Mexico – Medical Tourism Corporation Assists US Teen with Huge Savings
from International Business Times
Medical Tourism Corporation arranged teenager Andy Gobienko's mouth restoration dentistry in Mexico at fraction of the U.S. cost. Andy got several fillings and a dental crown done in Tijuana, Mexico, in one sitting. Overseas Dentistry, including dental implants abroad cost a fraction of what they cost in the U.S. More

The Oral Sex Cancer Connection
from ABC News
Teresa Dillon was surprised to learn four years ago that what she deemed as an average sore throat actually was stage-2 cancer on her tonsil. But what really shocked the waitress and then 38-year-old was that the human papillomavirus may have caused her illness, a illness that is often sexually transmitted. More