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Ready for a vacation? Ready for the ADA 150th Annual Sessoin? You’re in luck! Registration is now open for the American Dental Association’s (ADA) 150th Annual Session and World Marketplace Exhibition. The event will be held in Honolulu’s Hawaii Convention Center,  Sept. 30 through Oct. 4, 2009.  Check out the registration page online here www.ada.org/goto/session. […]

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Please note, the Springstone interview posted 2.11.09 has been revised as of 2.12.09. DentalBlogs apologizes for the errors and encourages subscribers and visitors to review the revised interview as follows. You want case acceptance. You don’t want finances to stand in the way. In the current economy, people want to hold on to their cash, so […]

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Welcome to DentalBlogs interactive. What do YOU have to say? Now you can comment on posts, vote in surveys, and submit your best or most challenging cases to be featured the following week. Have a question for one of our Great Minds? Submit it via email! Don’t miss the new event calendar in the sidebar. […]

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According to an article at OsseoNews.com, Nobel Biocare’s third-quarter earnings have plummeted below already low expectations. For the independently owned dental practice, investing in products and equipment has a direct link to the owner’s personal finances. Keeping a low inventory on hand is just practical in this economic atmosphere, and many dentists are playing it […]

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Results of the 2007 British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry audit show that our English neighbors across the pond really like their cosmetic dentistry. The BACD is a non-profit organization that promotes ethics and advancements in cosmetic dentistry. The long and short of the audit: Female patients accounted for over half of all cosmetic dentistry cases. […]

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Carlsbad, CA dentist, Richard Allen of Avia Dental Care, is almost “smarter than a 5th grader,” but he is smart enough to have won $175K on the Fox game show (episode 304, September 19, 2008). See the episode online here. Allen plans to pay for his boys’ college education with the funds. Where did Allen […]

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Cleft palate and tooth abnormalities (missing, additional, underdeveloped teeth) have been linked to a series of genes numbering more than a dozen. These include ERBB2, IRF6, MSX1, PVR, PVRL, and TGFA. University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine found the link, which could lead to risk screening and, ultimately, corrective gene therapy. People with cleft […]

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RMK Engineering in India has created a way to find caries in its earliest stages through special software that reads pixel intensity in X-ray wavelengths. The histogram and spectrum differ depending upon the health of a tooth, and the amount of decay can be determined by interpreting this information. A full article is available in […]

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The Maine State Board of Dental Examiners has proposed legislation that will require dentists to use a heart monitor on any patient undergoing “moderate sedation.” This would include nitrous oxide, IV sedation, and anxiolysis. The new law comes at the same time as other changes recommended by the ADA. However, it is not part of […]

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National Dentex Corporation, one of the largest US-based labs, purchased Dental Art Labs, Inc. of Lansing, Michigan for $7.5 million this week. Dental Art Labs has been in business since 1950. National Dentex now owns 47 labs in the US and one in Canada. Read the press release here.

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