Dear Cosmetic Dentistry Insider,
Should you order a cone-beam CT scan for your orthodontic patients prior to developing a treatment plan or beginning treatment ? Not necessarily, according to a new study from the University of California, Los Angeles that appears in the current American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics. It depends on whether certain characteristics are present.
Read more about the study findings in this latest Cosmetics Community Insider Exclusive.
Elsewhere in the Cosmetics Community, the ongoing patent battle between Align Technology and ClearCorrect heated up this week after an International Trade Commission judge ruled in favor of Align. But ClearCorrect remains unphased; click here to read why.
Another legal battle is challenging the teeth-whitening industry. A growing number of state laws are giving dentists a monopoly on providing teeth-whitening services in the U.S., according to a report from the Institute for Justice, which also filed a related lawsuit on behalf of two nondentists who were prohibited from offering these services in Alabama. Read more.
And the growth of the industry begs the question: Why don't more U.S. orthodontists offer teeth whitening? A new study in the American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics offers some insights.
Meanwhile, researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz sought to answer another question: Is orthodontic treatment OK in low-risk bisphosphonate patients? Read what they learned here.
And in a whitening strip comparison, researchers from the University of Louisville found that less peroxide with more time makes all the difference. Click here to read more.
Finally, can using remineralizing agents after in-office teeth whitening help tooth enamel recover its microhardness over time? A recent study in Acta Odontologica Scandinavica tested this theory.
