Dear DrBicuspid Member,
Dental treatment may significantly lower the blood pressure of patients at risk for heart disease, a new study has found. Patients with prehypertension who received scaling and root planing ultimately had blood pressure that measured more than 10 points lower than those who did not. Read more here.
Also this week on DrBicuspid.com, more adults have dental benefit coverage, and fewer adults report cost as a barrier to dental care, yet dental visits stayed flat in 2015. Marko Vujicic, PhD, chief economist for the ADA Health Policy Institute, recently discussed what could be driving these trends. Learn more here.
Earnings for general dentists have significantly increased for the first time in about 17 years, according to new data from the Health Policy Institute. The average income of specialists also has increased in recent years. Find out more here.
How well do flowable composites hold up for restorations of noncarious cervical lesions, and are there differences in performance? Researchers looked at long-term data and found that a newer material had better performance. Learn more here.
We'll be publishing new material every day next week except Thursday. Look for our Greater New York Dental Meeting products preview on Wednesday.
