The Perils of Flying Saliva
from Infection Control Today
 Mark Nicas has given some of his best years to spittle. He builds models – the mathematical kind – of how someone else's slobber ends up on you. The size of the particles, whether they come out in a dry cough or a wet sneeze, their evaporation rate, air speed – these are all complications, reasons why people like Nicas can spend careers piling up academic papers, all the while building up a healthy respect for pathogens. More
Bitten By Recession, Dental Implants Face Tough Year
from The Wall Street Journal
The global recession has been a real kick in the teeth for makers of dental implants, and the market appears unlikely to brighten in the near term. The dental devices are expensive, are generally not covered by insurers and can be bypassed in favor of cheaper, if less durable, tooth replacements. As a result, with the road to economic recovery looking long and rocky, the near-term outlook is equally unsteady for the $3 billion dental-implant market. More
Common Gene Regulatory Circuit Controls Dentition Development
from American Dental Association
A common gene regulatory circuit controls the development of all dentitions, from the first teeth in the throats of jawless fish that lived one-half billion years ago to the incisors and molars of modern vertebrates, according to an article published online in PLoS Biology. The first vertebrates to have teeth were a group of eellike jawless fish known as the conodonts that had teeth not in their mouths, but lining their throats. This particular group is long since extinct, but some modern fish retain teeth in the pharynx. More
Long-lasting Nerve Block Could Revolutionize Pain Management
from Science Daily
Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have developed a slow-release anesthetic drug-delivery system that could potentially revolutionize treatment of pain during and after surgery, and may also have a large impact on chronic pain management. More
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Hand Hygiene Monograph Released by The Joint Commission
from Infection Control Today
Commission is releasing “Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence: Overcoming the Challenges.” The monograph is the result of a two-year collaboration with major infection control leadership organizations in the United States and abroad to identify effective approaches for measuring adherence to hand hygiene guidelines in healthcare organizations. Measuring compliance with hand hygiene practices has long been complicated because of the need to monitor the practices of many different care providers in numerous locations for sufficient periods of time. More
Medication Reverses Dental Numbing
from WNYW-TV
There is a new medication that reverses the numbing feeling dental patients feel after getting novocaine shots. Oraverse is injected into the gum right after a dental procedure. Because you inject Oraverse where you are already numb, you don't feel the second injection. Later you just feel numbness and then returning to normal. Chances are it'll be worn off by the time you walk out of the dentist office. More
Magazine Names Therapy as Dental Care Breakthrough
from DentalPlans
A new weapon is emerging in the dental care arsenal that is focused on fighting the effects of tooth decay. Popular Mechanics, the technology magazine, has named Oragenics' SMaRT Replacement Therapy bacteria strain at the top of its 20 New Biotech Breakthroughs That Will Change Medicine list. More
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Dentists' Group Blasts Lawmaker's Plan
from the Post-Bulletin via Dental Office Magazine
The Minnesota Dental Association launched a statewide ad blitz targeting a Rochester lawmaker's proposal that would create a mid-level dental practitioner. One marketing ad reads: "The last thing you want to hear when you're getting dental care is 'uh-oh.'" The ad urges readers to call Sen. Ann Lynch, DFL-Rochester, and tell her "unsupervised workers doing dental surgery is a bad idea." More
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Dental Office Design Competition Seeks Entries
from American Dental Association
Matsco, the only practice financing company endorsed by ADA Business Resources, is now accepting entries for the 2009 Dental Office Design Competition. All newly built offices and offices with leasehold improvements or renovations completed between Jan. 1, 2006, and Dec. 31, 2008, are eligible. All practice types and sizes are welcome. Entries must be postmarked by July 31. More
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