Dear DrBicuspid Member,
DrBicuspid.com is pleased to announce the official launch of our newest online community: Oral Cancer & Diagnostics. This interactive community is designed to bring you the latest news and information on research trends, product development, and diagnostic and therapeutic breakthroughs in oral cancer.
First up in oral cancer news this week: A new robotic surgical procedure offers patients with oral and head and neck cancers a less invasive treatment option that preserves speech and the ability to eat. It may also help them avoid radiation and chemotherapy. Read more.
In Restoratives Community news, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are proposing to lower the recommended level of fluoride in drinking water in response to new research, new oral care products, and changes in water consumption patterns.
Meanwhile, the Federal Trade Commission is urging the Georgia Board of Dentistry to rethink a proposal to require indirect supervision of hygienists who provide basic preventive dental services in schools, community health centers, and prisons. Click here to read this latest Hygiene Community feature.
In Cosmetics Community news, celebrity dentist Dr. Jonathan B. Levine is being sued by a company he originally founded over allegations that he is using trademarks on a new line of teeth-whitening products that are "confusingly similar" to those of his former company's. Read more.
Finally, state officials are considering whether legal action against Allcare Dental and Dentures is warranted following the company's abrupt closure last week of 38 clinics in 14 states, leaving thousands of patients who had prepaid for dental services scrambling to recoup their money or find new providers.
