MIT chemical engineers have devised a new implantable tissue scaffold coated with bone growth factors that are released slowly over a few weeks.
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Coated tissue scaffolds help the body grow new bone to repair injuries or congenital defects
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– August 23, 2014
Study shows steep decline in tooth loss, increase in socioeconomic disparities
Alexandria, Va., USA – The International and American Associations for Dental Research have published a paper titled “Projections of U.S. Edentulism Prevalence Following Five Decades of Decline.”
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– August 22, 2014
KC medical device company gets clearance for sales
Epic Medical Concepts & Innovations Inc., a medical device company based in Mission, has gained approval from the Food and Drug Administration to begin selling a product used in dental offices. The product, called the FlexiLume Dental LED System, combines all of the lighting equipment common in dentist exam rooms into one smaller, cheaper and more versatile product. “This is really a time saver and a cost saver for dental suites where they’ve got $ 20,000 or $ 30,000 worth of lighting in each chair,”… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
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– August 21, 2014
Patent Application Titled ‘Dental Partial’ Published Online
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “a.
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– August 21, 2014
Bone augmentation using a synthetic hydroxyapatite/silica oxide?based and a xenogenic hydroxyapatite?based bone substitute materials with and without recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein?2
ConclusionsDBBM and HA/SiO rendered comparable amounts of bone regeneration. The addition of rhBMP?2 to DBBM resulted in more favorable outcomes with respect to the area of bone regeneration and to bone?to?implant contact, thereby indicating the potential of this growth factor to enhance bone regeneration within this animal model. (Source: Clinical Oral Implants Research)
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– August 20, 2014
Jimmy Buffett
“If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.”
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– August 19, 2014
Search for an NHS dentist ‘degrading’
The patient spoke to Healthwatch Kirklees and said: “I’m a 65 year old pensioner, I called up my dentist for new dentures.
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– August 19, 2014
We need to improve dental health of Canada’s seniors
Many seniors in Canada have poor oral health, and we need to start the conversation about how to improve access to dental care for this vulnerable group, argues an editorial published in CMAJ…
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– August 19, 2014
Canine-to-Canine Implanted supported Fixed partial Denture?
I have treatment planned this patient for extraction of #6-11 and replacement with an implant supported fixed partial denture. (Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts)
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– August 18, 2014
