Dear DrBicuspid Member,
Since the U.S. surgeon general's report on oral health in America in 2000, strides have been made to incorporate its recommendations for oral health assessment into primary medical care, particularly among physicians working with underserved children.
A program at a family medicine clinic in San Francisco is doing just that: giving residents at the University of California, San Francisco hands-on experience working with young children and their families to provide preventive dental care and oral health education. Read more in this latest Practice Management Community feature.
Meanwhile, a team of Brazilian researchers has developed a unique product that eases kids' anxieties during anesthesia injections: a playful syringe cover that looks more like a toy than a dental device. Click here to read more or visit the Restoratives Community.
And in Cosmetics Community news, adding calcium and fluoride to bleaching gels does not interfere with the whitening effect of the gels, according to research presented at the recent International Association for Dental Research meeting.
