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Scottish dental tech firm is US bound
A Scottish dental technology company has been given the green light to begin trading in the US. Dundee-based Cariescan, which was formed during the collapse of Idmos, has announced that it has been granted approval to enter the American market. Graham Lay, chief executive, said that US trading would begin once an American-based distribution partner […]
Stockton dentist receives more awards
A retired Stockton dentist has been honoured again for his passion and perseverance when promoting good oral health. Dr Guillermo Vicuña, a well-known health activist, was bestowed with a Humanitarian award by the California Dental Association Foundation for the second time. Two local dentists Dr Lyndon Low and Dr James Van Sicklen Jr nominated him […]
Irish dentist saves Edinburgh’s woes
Some of Edinburgh’s most deprived communities are set to benefit from a new dental practice. Westside Dental Care, set up by Dr Victoria Nason and based in the Westside Plaza, will now cater for 5,000 patients around Wester Hailes. Dr Nason, from Ireland, said that the practice was one of the first in Scotland to […]
New machine helps dentist save lives
New technology has been helping a Houston dentist to save lives as well as clean teeth. Dr Spiker Davis, from Houston Cosmetic Dentistry (HCD), bought $100,000-worth of new digital technology and now he can detect clogged sinuses, heart disease and even bone cancer. Like an x-ray, this machine creates a digital photograph of a patient’s […]
Burnley to get a dental super-centre
Ten thousand NHS dental patients from Burnley will be benefiting thanks to a new dental super-centre. Standards of oral health in the Lancashire town are considered to be among the lowest in the country. Local officials have hailed the centre, which could be open by autumn 2010, as a big positive step towards ending the […]
Bradfordians to give views on NHS dentistry
Bradford residents are being asked to give their views on rights to dentistry under the NHS Constitution. The constitution sets out what kind of care patients should expect from the NHS and the standards it should be meeting. Now the NHS is consulting the public and its staff around the Bradford and Airedale region about […]
Dickens’s dental apparatus sold for $9k
Charles Dickens’s toothpick has been sold for more than $9,000 at an auction in New York. The ornate ivory and gold tooth scraper was ‘picked-up’ by an unknown buyer for $9,150 at Bonham’s on Tuesday 15 December 2009. it was expected to sell for $3000-$5000. Bonham’s catalog described Dickens’s pick, which was made by Sampson […]
Eco-dentistry saves practices $50k a year
A group is urging dental practices to go green in 2010 as it could save the planet and a substantial sum of money too. The Eco-Dentistry Association (EDA), which already has hundreds of members from 11 countries even though it only launched in the spring, claims that practices can save up to $50,000 a year […]
Celebrate President’s Day in a dental museum
The National Museum of Dentistry has invited people to come and celebrate President’s Day with them. The museum has a whole exhibit dedicated to George Washington and dispels rumours that he had wooden dentures. Dr Scott Swank, museum curator, believes that the Washington wooden-teeth myth came about as ivory, what the dentures were actually made […]
Most gum disease suffers will get diabetes
Boffins have discovered that periodontal infections can increase the likeliness of developing diabetes. According to the experts from New York University’s Colleges of Dentistry and Nursing 93 per cent of periodontal disease sufferers are at high risk of developing diabetes, while only 63 per cent of the people tested without periodontal disease are at a […]
