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Sirona Announces CEREC 25th Anniversary Celebration!
Registration is open for the dental CAD/CAM event of the year, taking place August 26 – 28, 2010 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV.
After much anticipation, the CEREC 25th Anniversary Celebration date and location have been announced. Featuring a speaker line-up rivaling any event in the dental industry, celebrity entertainment including a special performance [...]
Virginia dentist gets prison for oxycodone fraud
A Culpeper dentist will spend 28 months in a federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to illegally distribute oxycodone.
Earlier this month in Alexandria, U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga of the Eastern District of Virginia also sentenced Dr. William J. King to three years of supervised release, fined him $20,000 and ordered him to forfeit [...]
Restorative Dentistry Leader Receives Top National Honor
Stephen Campbell, professor and head of restorative dentistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago, was named Educator of the Year by the American College of Prosthodontists.
The award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to prosthodontics, overall achievement in academic dentistry, and contributions to the sciences or health professions, was presented at the organization’s annual meeting in [...]
Griptab changes the way indirect restorations are handled.
Placing crowns, veneers, inlays and onlays can be frustrating because of their size and slippery surfaces. That has all changed thanks to the Griptab created by Triodent, makers of the V3 Sectional Matrix System.
Griptab is effectively a small handle that is adhered to a restoration. The light-cured, flexible adhesive is strong and resistant to Silane [...]
Halloween Candy Buy-Back Program
Dr. Beasley, a clever dentist with a healthy gimmick, is getting kids to eat less candy. Buy the Halloween candy back and send it to the troops. Snicker Bars and Nerds be gone
Read full story via HULIQ.
The Rise of Eco-Dentistry
In June of this year, the Eco-Dentistry Association launched internationally. There are dentists residing in 20 U.S. states, as well as some in Canada, who have joined the association in order to help offices around the world become better suited for the environment and there is no doubt in the industry that these numbers will [...]
Asheville dentists offer ‘gift of smiles’
Dozens of local residents would most likely be in pain if it weren’t for a group of local dentists who volunteered to clean teeth, fill cavities and perform extractions this week for free.
Dozens of drills started to hum and patients filled every chair at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College’s dental clinic on Friday morning as the [...]
Association announces first international standard for green dental offices
BERKELEY, California–The Eco-Dentistry Association has announced its GreenDOC dental office certification program. The certification provides the first international standard for eco-friendly dental practice.
Read full story via RDH Magazine
Dentist warns of the perils of travelling to Europe for treatment
BIRMINGHAM patients going to Eastern Europe for cheap dental work have been returning home with damaged nerves and abscesses eating away at their roots, a leading city dentist has warned.
Dr Dinesh Vegad, who runs St Paul’s Square Dental Practice in the Jewellery Quarter, has seen first hand the disastrous results of people trying to save [...]
Mysterious strength of tooth enamel
It’s been a mystery: how can our teeth withstand such an enormous amount of pressure, over many years, when tooth enamel is only about as strong as glass? A new study by Prof. Herzl Chai of Tel Aviv University’s School of Mechanical Engineering and his colleagues at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and [...]
