Dear Cosmetic Dentistry Insider,
Affordable care and student debt are two of the biggest challenges orthodontists face today, according to John Buzzatto, DMD, president of the American Association of Orthodontists.
In our latest Leaders in Dentistry profile, Dr. Buzzatto also discusses the need to educate patients about orthodontists' unique qualifications, and whether there has been an increase in adult orthodontic patients in recent times.
Read the details in this latest Cosmetic Dentistry Insider Exclusive.
In other Cosmetics Community news, while orthodontics has typically been linked to adolescence, more and more adults are seeking corrective treatment. In fact, the British Lingual Orthodontic Society recently reported a trend of parents and their children undergoing orthodontic treatment together. Does the same hold true for the U.S.? Click here Click here to read more.
Meanwhile, dentists in Arizona can administer Botox and dermal fillers as long as it is part of a dental treatment plan, according to a Substantive Policy Statement update issued in June by the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners. But what about the associated aesthetic effects? Read more.
On the clinical front, light activation increases the risk of tooth sensitivity during in-office bleaching and also may not improve the bleaching effect, according to a study published in the August issue of the Journal of Dentistry.
And people afflicted with chronic orofacial pain are much more likely to be debilitated by their condition than those with chronic backaches or chronic headaches, according to a study presented at the recent World Congress on Pain in Milan, Italy.
Also, a new study that examined the color stability of 10 resin-based restorative materials found that clinically relevant color changes occurred immediately after polymerization, but after one month the color changes were negligible. Click here for details.
And splint therapy can be an effective treatment option for patients with temporomandibular disorders, according to a recent systematic review and meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Dental Association. But the study also highlighted the need for larger trials.
Finally, the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus is recommending that Colgate-Palmolive discontinue certain marketing claims for its Optic White toothpaste, and Procter & Gamble is suing Team Technologies over allegations of intellectual property rights violation related to whitening strips and products. Click here and here to read more.
