A Denture-free World: NSU Researchers are Using Adult Stem Cells to Grow Replacement Teeth
the Sun Sentinel
Legend has it that George Washington had a mouth full of dentures that made him so uncomfortable, he decided to forgo his second inaugural address. Washington regretted not being able to keep his natural teeth. Many people think his dentures were made of wood, but they were actually made of animal bone, lead and ivory. Eating, smiling and talking were painful for our first president. In later life, he could only eat soft foods. Washington's dental discomfort was far from unique more than 200 years ago.More

Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Dental Tissues vs. Those from Other Sources: Their Biology and Role in Regenerative Medicine
Journal of Dental Research
To date, five different human dental stem/progenitor cells have been isolated and characterized: dental pulp stem cells, stem cells from exfoliated deciduous teeth, periodontal ligament stem cells, stem cells from apical papilla, and dental follicle progenitor cells. These postnatal populations have mesenchymal-stem-cell-like qualities, including the capacity for self-renewal and multilineage differentiation potential.More

ADA Weighs in on Health Care Legislation Amendments
American Dental Association
The Association "believes it is imperative that individuals and families have access to quality benefits and dentists," ADA officials told the Senate Finance Committee as that panel began considering health care reform legislation. With grassroots lobbying assistance, the Association staked out positions on seven of 564 expected amendments to a committee draft bill.More

Cleaning Instruments: A Critical Step to Instrument Reprocessing
Inside Dental Assisting
The use of heat sterilization for critical and semicritical instruments results in a higher certainty of safety for patients. However, the reprocessing of dental instruments involves much more than just the sterilization process itself. Every step in reprocessing is critical to ensure achievement of the objective: to deliver instruments to the dental operatory that are free of all body fluids and microorganisms from previous patients. Ensuring that all instruments are free of debris before packaging and sterilizing is one of the most important aspects of instrument reprocessing.More

The Future of Dentistry in 3-D: Digitally Mapping the Human Skull
GLG News
Digital is the future of dentistry. Acuscape, Inc. has developed a fresh take on dental 3-D digital imaging. System would have wide range of applications in dentistry, and appears to hold great promise. Similar or related technologies are offered by Cadent's iTero system, Imaging Sciences International's i-CAT, and to a lesser degree, CEREC.More

Pathway Analysis for Intracellular Porphyromonas Gingivalis Using a Strain ATCC 33277 Specific Database
7thSpace
Porphyromonas gingivalis is a Gram-negative intracellular pathogen associated with periodontal disease. We have previously reported on whole-cell quantitative proteomic analyses to investigate the differential expression of virulence factors as the organism transitions from an extracellular to intracellular lifestyle.More

Dental Implant Market to Recover from Economic Crisis by 2010
Osseo News
The growth of the market for dental implants will be hindered by the current recession in the U.S. economy, but it is expected to recover in 2010 and reach $1.5 billion by 2015.More

Caution Recommended With Bitemark Evidence in Forensics
Medical News Today
Against this month’s backdrop of the Congressional hearing into the future of forensic science, researchers from the University at Buffalo's Laboratory for Forensic Odontology Research in the School of Dental Medicine, have published a landmark paper on the controversial topic of bitemark analysis. The Congressional hearing focused on the findings of a National Academy of Sciences report on the scientific basis of forensic disciplines. Among the pattern evidence fields (fingerprints, tool marks, etc.) that were reviewed in the NAS report, bitemark analysis received critical commentary.More

Premier Dental Introduces New Retraction Caps
RDH Magazine
Premier Dental Products Company has introduced new Premier Retraction Caps. The retraction caps are hollow cotton caps designed to enhance gingival retraction and assist hemostasis. Premier Retraction Caps work synergistically with the Traxodent Hemodent Paste Retraction System. As the patient bites down, the cap gently guides Traxodent's soft paste into the sulcus for maximum tissue deflection.More

Dentists: Reduced Medicaid Payments Threatening Practices
Salt Lake Tribune
Dentists who treat children on Medicaid are threatening to stop taking new patients -- or see them at all -- if a budget error that cut their payments by a third isn't fixed soon. In an attempt to save money, lawmakers last session rolled back dental providers' 4.5 percent cost of living increase to 2007 levels -- but they intended to exclude from that calculation a one-time 30 percent jump they received in 2008 to bring them up to a break-even level, explained Sen. Allen Christensen, R-Ogden.More