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Get ready for ADA 2014—America’s Dental Meeting with Preliminary Program

It’s time to start planning for ADA 2014—America’s Dental Meeting in San Antonio by ordering a print copy of the Preliminary Program.

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Pakistani Women Hit Hurdles in Medical Profession

Many women in Pakistan qualify to become doctors, and then do not practice. Credit: Fahim Siddiqi/IPS.By Beena SarwarBOSTON, United States, Mar 8 2014 (IPS) On one of her many visits to Pakistan recently, Sarah Peck, director of the US-Pakistan Women’s Council, spent some time talking to young women medical students in Pakistan. She was struck by their passion and commitment — and by the hurdles they face. Left to right, medical student Saima Firdous, Dr Jamila Khalil, Sarah Peck, Dr Khalil Khatri Credit: Beena Sarwar The US-Pakistan Women’s Council is working with expatriate Pakistani doctors to find ways to encourage women qualifying as doctors in Pakistan to practice medicine. Women outnumber male students in medical colleges across Pakistan, forming up to 85 percent of the st…

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Pablo Paolantonio

The BRIDGE is an online network from LMT dedicated exclusively for members of the Dental Laboratory community.

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Chairside medical screenings could save $102 million a year

Screening for diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol in the dental office could save the health care system up to $ 102.6 million each year, according to a study published by the ADA Health Policy Resources Center.

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Plymouth Dentistry- Best Family Dental Office in Plymouth

Plymouth dentistry is a very good dental office in Plymouth Michigan Dr. Gary Feucht is the dentist over there.

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New shrinking gel steers tooth tissue formation

A bit of pressure from a new shrinking, sponge-like gel is all it takes to turn transplanted unspecialized cells into cells that lay down minerals and begin to form teeth.
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DGPA names new executive director

The Dental Group Practice Association, a nonprofit industry association representing more than 30 dental support organizations (DSOs), March 3 named Dr. Quinn Dufurrena its new executive director.

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Hunter S. Thompson

“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”
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Longitudinal quantitative evaluation of the mid-palatal suture after rapid expansion using in vivo micro-CT

Abstract: New bone formation is known to occur between the opened palatal bones after rapid mid-palatal expansion (RME), although the time-dependent changes in the mid-palatal suture after RME have not been fully examined. Thus, we investigated time-dependent morphological changes in the mid-palatal suture using in vivo micro-computed tomography (mCT) and the expression of bone morphogenetic factors.RME was performed by inserting a 1.5-mm-thick circular metal ring between the maxillary incisors of rats, and morphological changes in the mid-palatal suture were investigated using in vivo mCT imaging after RME. Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) expression in the suture were also examined using reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and immu…

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Lab Technicians Needed for CDA Cares Dental Clinic

Lab Tech Shifts: 6:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. and/or 12:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. each day Dental lab techs seldom, if ever get to experience first-hand appreciation from the patients they serve.

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