Dear DrBicuspid Member,
Allergan will pay $600 million to settle civil and criminal accusations that it illegally marketed Botox between 2000 and 2005. The pharmaceutical giant has been accused of aggressively marketing Botox to medical professionals to encourage off-label use, including cosmetic and therapeutic procedures offered by dentists. Read more in our latest Cosmetics Community feature.
In Restoratives Community news, what is your stance on antibiotic prophylaxis prior to dental implant surgery? Despite a recent meta-analysis indicating that pre-operative prophylaxic antibiotics can prevent implant failures, some experts still question whether it is always necessary. Click here to read why.
And whether you prefer fifth-, sixth-, or seventh-generation bonding adhesives, do you ever wonder who decides what generation it is or what constitutes a new generation? In this Second Opinion piece, Phillip Brown, D.D.S., offers his analysis of how this classification system came to be.
Finally, Dr. Marty Jablow answers a reader's question on the value of upgrading to Dentrix G4.
