Do you consider “neuromuscular dentistry” a bad word, but you’re not exactly sure why? The truth of the matter is that neuromuscular principles, e.g. a comfortable bite, can help you deliver longer-lasting results and contribute to happier, healthier patients. After all, who wants to live with headaches, bruxism, and chronic tooth wear? The Academy of […]
Entries Tagged as 'Clinical'
Mastering the Bite, Doctoring the Patient
July 20th, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: Clinical · Continuing Education · Events · Neuromuscular
Triumphant Athletics Group Introduces AgilityGuard
October 20th, 2010 · No Comments
There’s a new player in the field of athletic mouthguards, and by experience standards, they are no underdog! Triumphant Athletics Group, Inc. is introducing a new product line, AgilityGuard, based on the Chan-Optimized Bite™. I doubt that most of us have ever said the words “technologically advanced” and “mouthguard” in the same sentence, but the […]
Tags: Prevention · Uncategorized
Samsung and InnoDen Introduce the Future for Dental Chairs and Delivery Units
July 21st, 2010 · No Comments
Sky Dental “M” is Finally Here and Set to Change the View of Dental! Samsung and InnoDen have partnered to bring Dentist nationwide the latest in Dental Unit technology and design. Sky Dental “M” has combined all the design and technology features you could ask for with the best quality materials available. All components create […]
Tags: Clinical · Technology
Prostate Disease Linked to Gum Disease
July 13th, 2010 · 5 Comments
About 8% of the population suffers with prostate disease, or prostatitis. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found that patients with prostatitis have a lower clinical attachment level (CAL) between gums and teeth. The link stems from inflammation levels in prostatitis patients. Participants in the study who had severer prostatitis showed signs of periodontits, […]
PR: Dental Vibe 3-in-1 Anesthetic Injection
July 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
CRYSTAL LAKE, IL – Dentists seeking to offer a more comfortable experience for their patients can see, study and order an innovative new tool by visiting DentalVibe.com, the newly expanded website for dentistry’s first 3-in-1 injection comfort system. BING Innovations, LLC, the Illinois-based provider of DentalVibe™, launched the new site in June to better educate the […]
Tags: Clinical · News · Press Release
PR: Dent-X Strato Digital Product Update – Lower Dosage Applications
July 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
(Elmsford, NY, July 6, 2010) – Dent-X is proud to announce that its high-end panoramic/cephalometric x-ray, the Strato Digital, is now available with Low Dose and Frontal Dentition applications. Offices now have the ability to conduct a low dosage scan that shows the full patient dentition. Doctors can use this view to see if a […]
Tags: Clinical · News · Press Release
The Big News in Dentistry: No More Root Canals?
July 6th, 2010 · 6 Comments
You read that correctly. A recent journal article in ACS Nano tells us that, in research, a layered, nano-sized dental film is responsive to bringing dead tooth pulp back to life. This is not science fiction; this truth is better than fiction. The miracle substance is called alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH), and when mixed […]
Another Article about Oral Cancer?
June 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment
Yes. This morning, in my email, I found to notifications about oral cancer information, but they weren’t the same old heart wrenching statistics we already know about. Every dental professional knows that oral cancer screening is an essential part of a thorough dental checkup. The highly publicized statistics about oral cancer frequency, mortality rate, and […]
Tags: Clinical · Diagnostics
Case Studies on Pulpdent
June 11th, 2010 · No Comments
WATERTOWN, MA: June 10, 2010— The Pulpdent website now includes case studies from Save That Tooth, the popular book by Pulpdent founder Dr. Harold Berk. The excerpts describe evidence-based, research-supported techniques for treating the vital pulp and the pulpless tooth. Case studies on the site include “Congenital Defect, Youngest Pulpotomy Case Ever Reported” (Baby Gilbert), […]
Tags: Clinical
Bright Tomorrow: Sleep Medicine and Dentistry
June 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Today we got a three-fer at MedicalNewsToday.com: Three articles on sleep disorders and how treatment relates to the dental field. Topics covered included dental students ill prepared to treat sleep apnea, sleep disorders hard to diagnose in kids, and nasendoscopy in predicting treatment results. More and more, we’re hearing about sleep disorder treatment by dentists […]
Tags: Clinical