Dear DrBicuspid Member,
In what is being hailed as yet another landmark decision in Minnesota, the state dental board has unanimously voted to adopt the Canadian dental exam, making it the first state in the U.S. to endorse nonpatient-based licensure exams for dentists. Read more.
In other breaking news, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is calling for stronger overdose warnings on packages of Darvon and Darvocet, but has rejected a request by the consumer group Public Citizen to completely ban the painkillers.
Meanwhile, in clinical news, researchers from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine have developed a new application for guided tissue regeneration that they say reduces the pain and recovery time of gum grafting surgery.
And over on the Second Opinion page, Dr. Helaine Smith is applauding the leadership role some dental groups and companies are taking in educating the public about the importance of good oral health. "Dentistry needs a public relations campaign," she writes, "and it is up to us to launch it." Read more.
