Dental industry battles counterfeit goods; Wash. school program falls short

Dear DrBicuspid Member,

When it comes to buying dental supplies these days, you might want to heed the old maxim, "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is." Deeply discounted products being hawked on the Internet or in magazine ads could actually be illegally imported gray-market or counterfeit materials that may endanger patients or expose your practice to legal liability. Read more.

In other news, a two-year fluoride varnish and sealant program offered to Pierce County, WA, schoolchildren fell far short of the desired results, according to a report released this month by the county health department. Read more.

And in the latest Imaging & CAD/CAM Community feature, early studies indicate that a laser-based diagnostic tool being developed at the University of California, Davis offers potentially greater sensitivity than other imaging modalities when it comes to distinguishing between normal and malignant tissue in the oral cavity. Read more.