Dear DrBicuspid Member,
Today we kick off the semifinal round of the third annual DrBicuspid Dental Excellence Awards. Don't miss this opportunity to honor dentistry's best and brightest, from researchers, educators, and consultants to new products and hot topics. Click here to vote for your top choices!
In clinical news, is there a single best pain reliever to give patients following third-molar extractions? Researchers from the University of Oxford analyzed 35 Cochrane reviews that tested 38 different analgesic drugs and drug combinations in acute postoperative pain trials. Click here to see what they found out.
And oral cancer patients who end up in the hospital have higher mortality rates and incur significantly higher charges when their condition is compromised with additional medical complications, according to a study in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology. Read more in this latest Oral Cancer & Diagnostics Community feature.
Finally, in Imaging & CAD/CAM Community news, a team of German researchers has developed a unique software tool that works in conjunction with an intraoral camera to automatically detect root canal orifices in human molars, according to a study in the Journal of Dental Education.
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