White Teeth - California Dentists Honor Irvin B. Silverstein, Dds

Sacramento, Calif. —Irvin B. Silverstein, DDS, MS, was awarded the 2010 California Dental Association Foundation Humanitarian Award for his dedication to providing dental care to the underserved for more than 30 years. As with past recipients — Charlie Goldstein, DDS, and Guillermo Vicuña, DDS — Silverstein exemplifies selfless dedication that has affected countless lives.

White Teeth - Homeopathic Teething Tablets Contain Inconsistent And Potentially Dangerous Levels Of Belladonna

Hyland's Teething Tablets, a homeopathic product aimed at relieving symptoms linked to teething contain inconsistent quantities of belladonna, which can be harmful to humans in high doses, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) reports. The makers are issuing a recall. People who have bought this product are warned not to use them, and to get rid of them...

White Teeth - Osteogenics Biomedical Introduces Pro-fix Precision Fixation System

Osteogenics Biomedical, the Lubbock, TX-based manufacturer of Cytoplast barrier membranes and PTFE suture, has announced the addition of a new fixation system, Pro-fix, to its regenerative portfolio. The Pro-fix system will include self-drilling membrane fixation screws, self-drilling tenting screws, and self-tapping bone fixation screws. The self-drilling membrane fixation screws are immediately available for sale.

White Teeth - Breakthrough In Dental Plaque Research

The Groningen professors Bauke Dijkstra and Lubbert Dijkhuizen have deciphered the structure and functional mechanism of the glucansucrase enzyme that is responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth. This knowledge will stimulate the identification of substances that inhibit the enzyme. Just add that substance to toothpaste, or even sweets, and caries will be a thing of the past...

White Teeth - Ontario Canada Bans Health Providers From Treating Spouses Or Partners

Ontario Court of Appeal decision says ZERO TOLERANCE RULE bans health providers from treating spouses or partners.The College is advising members, on a go forward basis, to reconsider the wisdom of providing dental treatment to romantic partners and spouses, as a result of an Ontario Court of Appeal decision in February. While the College received a letter in 1995 from the Minister of Health permitting treatment of spouses, that landscape appears to have changed.The appeal court unanimously ruled that even if a regulated health care providerâ??s sexual relationship with a partner predated their professional relationship, that provider has committed sexual abuse and risks losing his or her licence for at least five years, if a complaint is filed and there is a referral of specified allegati...

White Teeth - Bjog Release: Successful Periodontal Therapy May Reduce The Risk Of Preterm Birth

US scientists have found a strong link between the success of gum disease treatment and the likelihood of giving birth prematurely, according to new research published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. There are a number of factors such as low body mass index, alcohol consumption and smoking which are associated with an increased rate of preterm birth...

White Teeth - A Flowable For All Indications

Have you ever considered the possibility that one day there might exist a flowable indicated for Class 1 through 6? Well, this reality is not as far in the future as you might think. Given a faint whisper on the wind, Dental Tribune caught up with SHOFU President and CEO Brian Melonakos during the recent ADA Annual Session in Orlando, Fla., to see if there was more information to be had about such a flowable.