Dental Technology
04/11/2005
For
many, eliminating the burden of missing work and spending time in
a doctor's office would certainly be a blessing. Well, such a concept
is rapidly becoming a reality, for health plans and medical groups
around the country are beginning to pay doctors to reply to patients
via e-mail, just as they pay for office visits, in an attempt to
improve efficiency and control costs.
For example, Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in California, New
York, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Colorado and Tennessee
are beginning to pay doctors anywhere from $24-$30, including co-payment,
for online consultations.
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04/11/2005
WATER LASERS HAVE BEEN ON THE DENTAL MARKET FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS - BUT ONLY NOW IS THE FDA CONSIDERING APPROVING THE DEVICE FOR EVEN MORE APPLICATIONS. UNLIKE A CONVENTIONAL DRILL, WATERLASE - AS IT'S CALLED- NEVER TOUCHES A TOOTH. INSTEAD, THE TOOL SHOOTS OUT A LASER BEAM, COMBINED WITH WATER, TO QUICKLY REAM OUT A CAVITY. THE DEVICES ARE WORKING EXTREMELY WELL ON KIDS - LIKE ERIC TSUCHIDA - WHO NO LONGER FEARS SEEING DENTIST COREY EVANS.
REAMING OUT A CAVITY, DOING A ROOT CANAL, AND SOON-TO-BE WITH FDA APPROVAL, PRECISELY PREPARING A TOOTH FOR A CROWN, CROWNS WHICH IN SOME CASES ARE ALREADY BEING MADE IN THE DENTIST'S OFFICE.
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04/11/2005
MacPractice DDS to include aMac dental imaging
By Peter Cohen pcohen@maccentral.com
MacPractice Inc. and aMac Digital Radiography announced Thursday that the forthcoming release of MacPractice DDS -- dental practice management software for Mac OS X -- will include aMac 2.0, a Mac-based x-ray management system for dentists and specialists. As a result, MacPractice DDS users will be able to check x-rays acquired using aMac.
MacPractice DDS has been beta tested by clients since December. The software is anticipated for a March release along with MacPractice MD for physicians and MacPractice DC for Chiropractors.
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06/29/2005
Marshalyn Rose
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Aquafresh has released a new toothbrush which it says is revolutionary in arresting bacterial accumulation on the tongue. The tooth and tongue brush features "plaque-cleaning bristles on the front of the toothbrush head with innovative, soft rubber, tongue- cleaning grooves on the reverse," a statement from the company read.
The grooved surface is designed to maximise the removal of bacterial colonies from the tongue. The company contends that the common practice of using the bristles of the toothbrush to excise bacteria from the tongue is less efficient than scraping the tongue's surface.
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06/21/2005
It's a price that she and her husband, who retired from the Air Force, are more than willing to pay.
"I can't tell you how exciting it is to know I'll soon be able to really smile and to be able to chew food with something other than my front teeth," she said. "I never wanted to get dentures because my mother and sister had so many problems with them."
In the most simple terms, dental implants are metal posts surgically positioned in a patient's jawbone -- a solid foundation for replacement teeth.
Statistics show that nearly 800,000 dental implants were done nationwide in 2004.
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06/16/2005
(Original publication: June 14, 2005)
Although it seems too good to be true, the pursuit of pearly whites is no longer just a cosmetic fix: A slew of new teeth-whitening products also contain a chemical compound that makes teeth stronger, more lustrous and less sensitive to hot or cold temperatures.
The new compound may even be "the next step beyond fluoride," says Frederick Eichmiller, a dental researcher who spoke last week at "The New Face of Oral Biology," an American Dental Association media conference in Manhattan.
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06/14/2005
Use Of Lasers Expanding In Dentistry
POSTED: 1:00 pm EST June 7,
2005
UPDATED: 1:13 pm EST June 7,
2005
(ARA) - Not so long ago, the first thing people would think of when you asked them what lasers are used for were the weapons in the Star Wars movies. Today, lasers are making a name for themselves not as weapons but as healing tools capable of modern day medical miracles, and in some cases, completely changing the patients' dental experience.
"Lasers are nothing new in dentistry," said Massachusettes dentist Dr. Jack Rosenberg.
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04/19/2005
Gum disease has been linked to hardening of the arteries for nearly a decade, and scientists have long fingered a gang of oral bacteria as the obvious suspects behind many cases of the vessel-clogging killer.
Now University of Florida researchers have cornered the bacterial ringleaders of gum disease inside human artery-clogging plaque-the first concrete evidence to place the pathogens at the heart of the circulatory crime scene. Their report appears in the current issue of Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
.
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04/13/2005
MacNN:
MacPractice available for physicians, dentists
Wednesday, April 13, 2005 @ 8:55am
MacPractice today announced three healthcare practice management software applications designed especially for Mac OS X, including MacPractice MD for physicians, MacPractice DDS for dentists, and MacPractice DC for chiropractors. The software features integrated accounting, patient/insurance billing/tracking, patient follow-up (recalls for dentists), prescriptions, medical/dental imaging, and powerful to-do functions.
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