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The Eastman Dental Center, part of the University of Rochester Medical Center, today unveiled the new Ronald McDonald House Charities SMILEmobile, a dental office on wheels allowing the city’s children increased access to much needed dental care. Until today, the Eastman Dental Center has had three SMILEmobiles serving preschoolers and elementary students by visiting 15 [...]

Through the implementation of its best management practices (BMPs), the American Dental Association is taking the lead on protecting the environment, the ADA told Congress . “The ADA actively promotes its BMPs, which have had a very positive impact,” said J. Rodway Mackert, D.M.D., Ph.D., an ADA spokesperson testifying before the House Oversight and Government [...]

The American Dental Association will launch the ADA Vendor Showcase, a new service for members and subscribers, allowing them to receive special dental product offerings, discounts, rewards and survey requests via email. The new program kicks off in January 2008. Those who opt into the ADA Vendor Showcase will receive three messages each month-36 in [...]

The British Dental Association (BDA) is seeking an urgent meeting with Scotland’s Chief Dental Officer, Margie Taylor, to address concerns about new decontamination regulations. The call comes after the Chief Dental Officer this week wrote to Health Boards with further guidance on the requirements that will come into force in 2009, including the provision of [...]

The British Dental Association (BDA) has published three new books: Treatment Planning in Implant Dentistry; Lasers in Dentistry; and The Internet Guide for Dentistry. Treatment Planning in Implant Dentistry has been developed from a series commissioned for the British Dental Journal to provide a systematic approach to decision making prior to implant placement. Authored by [...]

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) released the report “Emerging Allied Dental Workforce Models: Considerations for Academic Dental Institutions” in the November issue of the Journal of Dental Education (JDE). The report describes several emerging workforce models that address strengthening the U.S. oral health care workforce. The models provide examples of how communities can expand [...]

Trainee dental care professionals who are due to qualify before 30 July 2008 can get a head start on registration and take advantage of the 2007 GDC registration fee of £72, so long as they apply before the end of this year. The registration fee goes up to £96 on 1 January 2008, but trainee [...]

The British Dental Association (BDA) has written to Home Office Minister for Immigration Liam Byrne to reiterate its opposition to proposals to x-ray unaccompanied child asylum seekers to determine their age. The letter comes ahead of an anticipated change to immigration rules on 1 December. The BDA opposes such a change for two reasons. Firstly, [...]

DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) announced that it has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to calibrate the SEVENTM, its seven-day continuous glucose monitoring system, using any FDA cleared blood glucose meter. With this approval, patients will be able to calibrate the system without using a connection cable. DexCom expects to launch this feature to new [...]

At two of implant dentistry’s most prestigious scientific congresses, the 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Association for Osseointegration (EAO) in Barcelona and the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) in Washington, D.C., eleven internationally renowned clinicians and researchers have just presented the latest findings in an extensive research program [...]