Cuts to the funding of dental academia could adversely affect the ability of UK dental schools to maintain the supply of high-quality new graduates into the workforce, the British Dental Association (BDA) has warned today…

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Using a novel animal model to study craniofacial pain, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s School of Dentistry have discovered that when tissues are inflamed, the nerve cells carrying pain information from the head to the brain produce in large quantities a protein involved in pain signaling…

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Two years ago, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) entered the national debate on reforming the U.S. health care system…

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Late last night, the U.S. House of Representatives staged a series of votes on health reform legislation, thus ushering in sweeping health reform and a new era of heath care delivery in the United States. The 219-212 House vote for passage of H.R…

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An expert in forensic anthropology argues that the database should include computer records of citizens such as anthropological data, physiognomic characteristics, medical information, radiographic files, dental records and numbers of different identity documents…

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Leading US clinical speakers David Newkirk and William Bo Bruce are to headline the Friday lecture programme at the 2010 British Dental Conference and Exhibition. Both are renowned experts in the field of restorative and aesthetic dentistry and are accredited members of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry…

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BIOLASE Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLTI), the world’s leading dental laser company, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its iLase™ diode laser, the world’s first personal laser for dentists and hygienists for performing a full-range of minimally invasive soft-tissue and hygiene procedures…

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Each cusp of our teeth is regulated by genes which carefully control the development. A similar genetic puzzle also regulates the differentiation of our other organs and of all living organisms. A team of researchers at the Institute of Biotechnology of the University of Helsinki has developed a computer model reproducing population-level variation in complex [...] Read more »

Leaders of dentists working in salaried primary care, hospitals and academia have echoed the disappointment already expressed by colleagues in general practice at the pay award announced for 2010/11. Salaried primary care dentists in England will be given just a one per cent pay increase for next year…

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The British Dental Association (BDA) has reaffirmed its support for the piloting of the reforms in Professor Steele’s review of dentistry, following today’s announcement that at least 30 dental practices have been selected to trial new ways of improving services for patients…

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