Posts Tagged ‘Dental’
Millions Of Children, Seniors And Minorities Not Receiving Essential Dental Care, USA
4.6 million children in America in 2008 did not see a dentist because their parents did not have enough money to pay, and only 38% of seniors had dental coverage in 2006, says a new report by the Institute of Medicine (IoM) and National Research Council. The authors say that ‘persistent and systemic’ obstacles undermine people’s access to oral health care. These obstacles need to be removed, the authors insist, and suggest the following should occur:
- The funding and reimbursement for dental care should change
- Training for doctors, nurses and other non-dental professionals should be expanded so that signs of oral diseases may be better identified
- Administrative, educational and regulatory practices should be revamped
Chair of the committee that wrote the report, Frederick Rivara, said:
“The consequences of insufficient access to oral health care and resultant poor oral health – at both the individual and population levels – are far-reaching.
Traverse City Outreach Dental Efforts Praised
Ann Arbor, MI — June 23, 2011 — “It was the best learning experience I have had outside the dental school,” said fourth-year dental student Jenna Comstock following her outreach rotation in Traverse City.
For three days last month, Comstock and three other U-M dental students worked with a group of private practitioners in the area who volunteered their time and services; the Traverse Health Clinic, which serves low income, uninsured adults; and students in the dental assisting program at Northwestern Michigan College. The four U-M dental students were supervised by School of Dentistry faculty members Drs. Howard Ha
AMD LASERS Is All the Buzz at This Year’s California Dental Association Meeting
INDIANAPOLIS, IN–(Marketwire – May 20, 2011) – AMD LASERS, LLC (), the world’s leading dental laser company, achieved a record number of sales of the Picasso line of dental lasers at the California Dental Association (CDA) meeting last week. The combination of lectures by world renowned clinicians, hands-on laser labs, a new booth look, and the introduction of a new wireless foot control, contributed to record sales at the show.
The newly designed booth was buzzing with excitement as attendees lined up to “Experience AMD LASERS.” Donald J. Coluzzi, DDS hosted two days of hands on laser lectures featuring the Picasso line of dental lasers, and David Hornbrook, D.D.S., F.A.A.C.D.
Professor Reports On University Of Maryland Dental School’s Cyberspace Odyssey
Students of the University of Maryland Dental School “represent a link, a conduit, to the future,” due to the school’s leadership in teaching digital dentistry, Gary Hack, DDS, said today in Amsterdam at the annual meeting of the Association of Dental Educators in Europe (ADEE), “Digital Dentistry: A Space Odyssey”. “I believe that the University of Maryland Dental School is one of the most high-tech, digitally advanced dental schools in the world”, said Hack, an associate professor of operative dentistry at the school. He presented a list of technological innovations that have been implemented by Dental School Dean Christian S. Stohler and his faculty since completion of the school’s modern building in downtown Baltimore four years ago. Read full post…
New Process Could Improve Dental Restoration Procedures
Oral surgeons may one day have an easier, less costly approach to one important aspect of dental restoration, thanks to a newly patented process developed by researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T). The process computerizes the method for creating a dental bar, also called an over-denture. For dental restoration procedures, the device is the bridge connecting dental implants to dentures. The computerized approach was developed by Dr. Ming Leu, the Keith and Pat Bailey Missouri Distinguished Professor of Integrated Product Manufacturing at Missouri S&T, and one of Leu’s former students, Amit Gawate, who received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Missouri S&T in 2005. Read full post…