Washington—Dental leaders and members of Congress talked of “compromise” and “frustration” at the May 13-15 Washington Leadership Conference. Some 550 dentists and state dental leaders registered for the annual springtime event in the nation’s capital.
Dental leaders air concerns with legislators
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– June 17, 2013
George Herbert
“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.”
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– June 17, 2013
Flexibility and torsional behaviour of rotary nickel?titanium PathFile, RaCe ISO 10, Scout RaCe and stainless?steel K?File hand instruments
ConclusionsPathFile instruments were the most flexible and the least torque resistant compared to Scout RaCe and RaCe ISO 10 instruments, while the stainless steel instruments were the least flexible although they were more torque resistant than the NiTi instruments.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. (Source: International Endodontic Journal)
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– June 17, 2013
Pondering a dental procedure in Mexico
Dear Dr. Reitz: My teeth need to be extracted, and I would like to replace them with implants.
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– June 17, 2013
Massachusetts towns remain fluoridated
Templeton, Mass.—For the third straight year, voters in Templeton, Mass., a town of about 8,000 located about 60 miles west of Boston, overwhelmingly rejected an article to stop fluoridating its water supply.
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– June 16, 2013
George Chapman
“They’re only truly great who are truly good.”
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– June 16, 2013
Dental caries prevalence in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis: a qualitative systematic review and recommendations for future research
ConclusionsWhile children with CF may be a lower risk for dental caries, adolescents with CF may not be at lower caries than those without CF. Additional research is needed to evaluate a potentially flawed paradigm regarding caries risk in children and adolescents with CF. (Source: International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry)
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– June 16, 2013
Rylan Clark debuts day-glow veneers on new Big Brother show, Twitter erupts
Rylan is the latest celeb to swap his normal teeth for the equivalent of a hi-vis vest.
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– June 16, 2013
Five?year results of a prospective randomised controlled clinical trial of posterior computer?aided design–computer?aided manufacturing ZrSiO4?ceramic crowns
Summary The aim of this prospective randomised controlled clinical trial was to evaluate the clinical outcome of shrinkage?free ZrSiO4?ceramic full?coverage crowns on premolars and molars in comparison with conventional gold crowns over a 5?year period. Two hundred and twenty?three patients were included and randomly divided into two treatment groups. One hundred and twenty?three patients were restored with 123 ZrSiO4?ceramic crowns, and 100 patients received 100 gold crowns, which served as the control. All crowns were conventionally cemented with glass–ionomer cement. After an observation period of 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months, the survival probability (Kaplan–Meier) for the shrinkage?free ZrSiO4?ceramic crowns was 98·3%, 92·0%, 84·7%, 79% and 73·2% and for …
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– June 15, 2013
