Fri.Jan 22, 2021

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Untreated caries among US working-aged adults and association with reporting need for oral health care

Dental News and Technology

J Am Dent Assoc. 2021 Jan;152(1):55-64. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2020.09.019. Abstract Background: National data indicate that working-aged adults (20-64 years) are more likely to report financial barriers to receiving needed oral health care relative to other age groups. The aim of this study was to examine the burden of untreated caries (UC) and its association with reporting an unmet oral health care need among working-aged adults.

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CDC Adjusts Recommendations on Timing of Second Doses for COVID-19 Vaccines

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

On January 21, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed its guidelines for when the second dose of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines need to be administered. The original recommendations were to administer the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine 21 days after the initial shot and, for the Moderna vaccine, 28 days after the first inoculation.

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Behind The Smiles: Jordan Comstock

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The Amazon Prime For Your Practice with Jordan Comstock. Welcome to another episode of Behind The Smiles. Today, Dr. Gina Dorfman chats with the founder of BoomCloud , a robust dental membership plan software that helps your practice create, organize and automate a dental membership program for your patients. In this episode, they share… What BoomCloud can do specifically for your team AND for your patients – why it is a Win-Win.

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DenMat Launches ZEN CP+

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

DenMat has announced that it has launched another new product in the oral hygiene category, ZEN CP+. This unique desensitizing gel alleviates tooth sensitivity and discomfort by delivering nano-sized calcium phosphate minerals to the tooth surface, occluding and penetrating deep inside the dentinal tubules. The patent-pending microsphere technology reacts with saliva to deliver mineral forming calcium phosphate ions.

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Insider I Chrissy Teigen lost a tooth eating a fruit roll-up.

The Super Dentists

The Super Dentists co-founder, Dr. Kami Hoss, says that ‘routine dental care’ can prevent that. Chrissy Teigen is having an eventful — and potentially painful — few days. First, the. Read More. The post Insider I Chrissy Teigen lost a tooth eating a fruit roll-up. appeared first on The Super Dentists.

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P&G to Help 2 Billion Adopt Healthy Oral Care Habits by 2030

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

Procter & Gamble (P&G) Oral Care has announced its commitment to advance healthy oral care habits to transform people’s health while reducing the impact on the planet through its new sustainability commitments. The platform, “Healthy Smiles. Healthy Lives. Healthy Planet”, guides its oral care brands, including Oral-B and Crest, to help unlock the life-changing power of healthy oral care habits for all.

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Success Simplified – Impressioning Series – Czech

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Learn how to identify and eliminate errors in the Prosthodontic protocol through simplification and standardization. Register Now for the Webinar “10 zlatých pravidel pro perfektní otisk” in Czech, January 28th at 07:30 pm CET. Our speaker: Michael Stiksa , 3M product specialist for dentistry and orthodontics. Numerous innovative dental materials and new techniques have been developed in recent decades, but they increase the complexity of the decision-making process and can leave roo