Dear DrBicuspid Member,
The Chicago Midwinter Meeting last week once again lived up to its reputation as the launching pad for new and innovative dental products. From cone-beam CT and panoramic imaging systems to teeth-whitening sprays, hygienic keyboards, battery-powered lasers, "nano" loupe lights, biogeneric CAD/CAM software, and saliva tests for HPV, there was plenty to see and test drive at this year's conference. Read more.
In clinical news, are short implants superior to their longer prosthetic counterparts? A Harvard professor who lectured on the topic at the recent Yankee Dental Congress thinks so. Click here to read why he says it's time for dentists to rethink short implants.
And research being presented at the American Academy for Dental Research conference this week in Washington, DC, lends further weight to the link between periodontal disease and preterm births. While previous work has explored the effect of periodontitis on premature birth rates, this study focused on whether successful periodontal treatment actually reduces infant prematurity. Read more.
