Washington—Model Notices of Privacy Practices are available from the U.S. Office for Civil Rights for use by HIPAA-covered health care providers and health plans. Most covered entity dental practices must provide notices explaining how the practice may use and disclose patient information and some of the rights patients have to control their information.
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New privacy practice notices required
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– September 18, 2013
Bond strength of self-adhesive resin cements to dry and moist dentin
This study evaluated the effects of humidity conditions and evaluation times on the dentin bond strength (DBS) of two self-adhesive resin cements (RC). The RC used were: RelyX Unicem (3M ESPE) and Clearfil SA Cement (Kuraray Med.). One hundred and twenty coronal portions of bovine incisors (n = 10) were used. Buccal surfaces were abraded in order to expose a flat dentinal surface (180-grit SiC) and to standardize the smear layer formation (600-grit SiC). The humidity conditions tested were: dry (air-dried for 10 s), slightly moist (water application with disposable applicator on dried dentin and water excess removed with absorbent paper), and moist (same application without water removal). The RC were used according to the manufacturers’ recommendations and were applied to prepolymerized r…
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– September 18, 2013
David L. Jones, DDS & Assoc. in Virginia Beach VA Caters to Baby Boomers in Need of Teeth Repairs
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, USA, September 17, 2013 / EINPresswire.com / — With a particular emphasis on dental implants, David L. Jones, DDS & Assoc., dentists in Virginia Beach, VA , advises baby boomers-those born between the years 1946 and 1964-to make teeth repairs now as their oral health needs have undergone years of wear and tear.
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– September 18, 2013
ACA: Status of marketplace implementation
The “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” shorthanded as the ACA and as this series of reports will refer to it, has the potential to reshape health care in America. Expansion of medical insurance coverage, a move toward more integrated care delivery and significant changes in the financing of health care are among the expectations of ACA legislators and regulators.
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– September 17, 2013
Roald Dahl
“We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.”
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– September 17, 2013
The academic dimension of university extension programs
(Source: Brazilian Oral Research)
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– September 17, 2013
Bacteria responsible for gum disease facilitates development and progression of rheumatoid arthritis
Does gum disease indicate future joint problems? Although researchers and clinicians have long known about an association between two prevalent chronic inflammatory diseases – periodontal disease and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) – the microbiological mechanisms have remained unclear…
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– September 17, 2013
Annual Session fees to rise after Sept. 20
Save on registration and course fees by signing up for the ADA Annual Session by Sept. 20.
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– September 16, 2013
Comparison of static friction with self-ligating, modified slot design and conventional brackets
CONCLUSION: Brackets with a modified slot design showed intermediate static frictional force values between the conventional and self-ligating brackets tested. (Source: Journal of Applied Oral Science)
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– September 16, 2013
