Archive for the ‘Dentistry’ Category
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Educational providers and dental practitioners who wish to practise implant dentistry should refer to the Training Standards in Implant Dentistry for General Dental Practitioners, published by the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK), says the GDC. The GDC supports these training standards, as the authoritative source for implant dentistry for ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Periodontology and Oral Biology Assistant Professor Dr. Eva Helmerhorst has been awarded a $447,000 R21 grant by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). The award for Oral Fluid Proteolytic Effects on Salivary Protein Structure and Function will be distributed ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
To help dental care professionals (DCPs) prepare for the introduction of compulsory continuing professional development (CPD), the GDC has produced guidance on the requirements. From 1 August 2008 all DCPs will need to start documenting their CPD. They will be required to complete and record a minimum of 150 hours ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
The leaders of the UK's general dental practitioners described as 'derisory' the 2.2 per cent increase in earnings awarded by the government following today's recommendation of the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Pay. The Retail Prices Index is currently at 4.1 per cent-anything less than this is effectively a ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
The British Dental Association (BDA) has expressed disappointment at the new pay award for NHS dentists announced today, while acknowledging that many of the profession's arguments have clearly hit home with the pay review body. The Government has announced it has accepted the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body (DDRB) recommendations ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Sebastian Velez, a senior at Archbishop Molloy High School in Jamaica, NY, presented a paper entitled "Dependence of Translucency on Thickness for Various Ceramic Frameworks" during the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), in Dallas at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. Mr. Velez is one ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Facial trauma is a too frequent occurrence in sports activities from cycling to volleyball, and Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) hopes to raise awareness of this issue by introducing on March 31, a congressional resolution (H. Res. 1062) to designate April 2008 as National Facial Protection Month. ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Socially disadvantaged children have limited access to orthodontic services. A team of scientists studied a novel approach using teleconferencing to determine the possibility of increasing access to limited orthodontic treatment for these children. The team reported its findings during the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research.An ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Contrary to conventional wisdom, overweight children have fewer cavities and healthier teeth compared to their normal weight peers, according to a study published in this month's issue of Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology.Surprised researchers at the Eastman Dental Center, part of the University of Rochester Medical Center, conducted a secondary ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
With the legal deadline (30 July 2008) for GDC registration fast approaching, dental technicians must act now to ensure they are registered in time. For dental technicians who have not yet registered, a 'Registration Surgery' will be available at the Dental Technology Show (9-10 May). We will be on ...
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