Dear DrBicuspid Member,
After providing preventive dental care to thousands of low-income children in Los Angeles for the past three years, the Center for Oral Health's WIC Dental Collaborative Project will end in June due to a lack of funding.
The Southern California program's demise will be a great loss to the community it serves, according to its supporters who contend that the low-cost program has been one of the most successful prevention strategies they have seen. Read more in this latest Practice Management Community feature.
Meanwhile, a study released last week by the Delta Dental of Michigan's Research and Data Institute found that the cost burden of treating individuals with oral, orapharyngeal, and salivary gland cancer is significant and extends well beyond the course of treatment itself.
In related news, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin are developing a unique approach to assessing early-stage oral cancer. Click here to read how they are miniaturizing the high-resolution imaging capabilities of confocal microscopy to create an affordable and user-friendly clinical tool for detecting oral cancer and enabling real-time assessment of surgical margins.
Finally, over in the Restoratives Community, which adhesive comes out ahead in terms of bond strength on dentin and enamel? Two studies presented at the recent American Academy for Dental Research meeting compared several brands and came up with some interesting conclusions. Read more.
