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US health reforms on insurance neglect dental care for children from low-income families
Unlike Britons reliance on NHS dental provision in Britain, many Americans predominantly rely on dental insurance to cover the cost of dental treatments. New US health reforms compel adults to buy health insurance by 2014 but not dental coverage. Yet research shows that 45 million Americans do not have dental insurance, and poor dental health […]
Upcoming Oct 2010 International Dental Conference in Hungary
Dental Press and the Department for Continuing Education of the Dental School Of Semmelweiss University have arranged the tenth annual meeting of the Dental World International Continuing Education Conference and Dental Fair in Budapest’s SYMA Hall from the 14th to 16th of October 2010. The first day will cover Topical Issues of Dental Science with […]
UK Society of Biomaterials (UKSB) Conference July 2010 stimulates research in Dentistry
We hear about the development of bio-compatible materials in dentistry, such as the use of zirconia in crown dental restorations, but who contributes to the development of these products? Professor Jonathan Knowles, chief of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering at the University College London (UCL) Eastman Dental Institute, is such a pioneer that recently received the […]
Roland DG Corporation develop new DWX-30 dental milling machine for zirconia crowns
Roland DG Corporation announced that they have developed a new zirconia milling machine available to dental industry distributors authorised by Roland DG for forming crowns in dental production. The DWX-30 dental milling machine is an open platform with virtual panel, compatible with dentistry CAD/CAM software, for moulding zirconia into the crown tooth restoration shape. Besides […]
Mouth Cancer Awareness Week 2010: Dentists can help with early detection of mouth cancer
The UK based charity, The Mouth Cancer Foundation, have announced that they will be hosting The Mouth Cancer Awareness week from 14 – 20 November 2010. Leaflets for information and distribution about mouth cancer are downloadable from their website. As a precursor to the event, their free-to-all 2010 Annual 10K Mouth Cancer Walk will take […]
Oct 2010 Dental Clinic Open Days for Bruxism also Raise Funds for Veterans
People suffering from tooth clenching and grinding are invited to attend open days at dental clinics across the UK as part of the Bruxism Awareness Week held between 25 to 31 October 2010. The campaign, organised by S4S (UK) Ltd, aims to give suffers of bruxism opportunities to discuss their experiences and needs with dental […]
Progress of ‘Eco-Dentistry’ in 2010 International Year of Biodiversity
An environmentally-friendly dentistry industry is on the rise according to the Canadian Dental Association’s 2009 publication “Eco-friendly Dentistry: Not a matter of choice.” The aim of eco-dentistry is to practice environmental awareness and sustainability in dental patient care that conserves resources and energy, uses low volatile chemicals and reduces harmful environmental waste effects. Due to […]
The UK Dental School Council address regulatory and governance obstacles to medical research
The UK Dental Schools Council (DSC) has this month responded to the Academy of Medical Sciences Review of the regulations and governance of medical research. Guidance was sought on the principles underpinning such research and evaluated significant obstacles to UK medical research as a result of regulation and governance. These obstacles include bureaucratic and complicated […]
Investment in South African dentistry expected to boost the dental products market
The most recent Clinical Dental Report published by the NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care (NHS IC) provides feedback on clinical dental treatment activity. The NHS IC have recommended care in interpreting the data as a comparison with historic dental contracting models. However, the research findings suggest that the most common dental clinical […]
Patient care suffers due to dentistry regulatory pressures
During the annual review of the British Dental Association’s (BDA) services for members, BDA advisers reported a forty percent increase in the number and duration of advisory calls, and the complexity of the calls about regulatory issues. As a result, over a five year period, the BDA doubled their staffing capacity to provide the necessary […]
