Dental News

All the latest dental news, opinions, tools of the trade reviews and research from Bite magazine.

Light at the end of the ONJ tunnel?

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A drug used for osteoporosis may help people who have lost bone in their jaws, according to two studies in the New England Journal...

Dental surgery riskier than you thought

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A new article from the journal Annals of Internal Medicine has found that an individual who undergoes dental surgery has a higher risk of...

Victoria cheapest for dental, dearest for everything else

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Research group CANSTAR CANNEX has released a survey of health insurance funds comparing each state, and has found Victoria is the most expensive state...

MP attacks dentists for “restraint of trade”

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Federal Liberal MP Dr Dennis Jensen attacked both the ADA and the AMA in parliament on Monday, saying both organisations ran a "monopolistic chop...

US FDA cracks down on mouthwash

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The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has warned three companies to stop making unproven claims on mouth rinses. At the end of...

Midline diastemata in fashion

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Gaptoothed women are in vogue. Gaptoothed models were all over last week's runways at Paris Fashion Week. Instead of fixing their teeth, some of...

Don’t white overnight

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As if further evidence was needed that tooth whitening shouldn't be available over-the-counter, a small study published in this month's issue of the Journal...

Amalgam in the news again

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced it intends to propose a rule to reduce mercury waste from dental offices-in other words, to...

AHPRA issues alert

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A few days ago AHPRA issued an alert about an organisation called The Medical Register of Australia. In the release (which is also on...

CSU expands through rural NSW

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As part of the ongoing growth of Charles Sturt University's new dental school, In about a fortnight staff from a public dental clinic in...

Genetic link for tooth decay

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New research suggests that variations within an individual's taste pathway genes can impact their risk of dental decay. Previous studies have considered the influence...

Why sportsmen should see the dentist

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In what could be a lesson for any league fan on the cost of avoiding the dentist, St George Illawarra tough guy Neville Costigan...