The Composi-Tight 3D Sectional Matrix System from Garrison Dental Solutions combines two styles of separator rings to allow secure ring application in a variety of case presentations. The orange Soft Face 3D-Ring will be the ring used in most circumstances because, in addition to providing strong separating pressure, the use of contoured soft silicone faces [...]
When Kayla Hess, then 10 years old, used Listerine Agent Cool Blue mouthwash in 2007, she became ill with repeated strep throat infections and stomach cramps. She even cracked a permanent molar tooth. Recalled in April 2007 by McNeil-PPC Inc. a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, the Listerine mouthwash contained four kinds of bacteria, said [...]
SureSmile is an amalgam of dental technologies — starting with an imaging system dentists use to create a 3D image of their patients’ mouths. The results are sent to OraMetrix in Dallas, where a robot shapes the ideal braces wires for the patients. The idea is that a precise fit the first time cuts down [...]
Three out of four adults will develop some form of gum disease in their lifetime — and many would rather see their teeth fall out than undergo periodontal surgery, which traditionally meant carving out diseased as well as healthy tissue and bone. But now, with a new type of laser surgery, patients don’t have to [...]
A guide to the potential antimicrobial activity of a DBA may be gained from an assessment of its pH when added to bacteriological culture medium. The direct contact method gives a better reflection of the killing of bacteria in infected dentine than the disk diffusion method. Killing in the ex vivo model gives a more [...]
ScienceDaily June 5, 2009 — Using current technology, dental technicians can only make dentures using a bite impression. The silicone template for this plaster model is made by the dentist, in a procedure which is unpleasant for the patient. In future a 3-D digitizer will provide the teeth contours – without a plaster model. Read [...]
“There is weak and inconsistent evidence that the use of fluoride supplements prevents dental cavities in primary teeth,” according to a systematic review of fluoride supplement research published in the November 2008 Journal of the American Dental Association. The authors could find only one study, from China, showing any fluoride cavity-preventing benefit to primary teeth [...]