Nobel Biocare launches a unique new implant with revolutionary features – NobelActive™.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
For the clinician, NobelActive™ is indicated for all positions, but is especially effective in regions of diminished bone quality or quantity, due to its bone-condensing capability, capacity for shorter drilling protocols, and ability to change direction on insertion.... read full article
Scientists Develop Sensitive Salivary Sensor
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
For people who dislike needles, medical tests that require a drop of saliva instead of a vial of blood will one day make a trip to a doctor or dentist much easier. But as scientists now construct the first of these saliva tests for early signs of cancer and other diseases, they continue to push the technological envelope in interesting ways. ... read full article
Alternate Pathway That Leads To Palate Development Identified
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Researchers at the University Of Southern California School Of Dentistry have uncovered another clue behind the causes of cleft palate and the process that leads to palate formation. Signaling redundancy during palate and tooth formation can shed light to understanding of cancer and cell biology in addition to cleft palate. ... read full article
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Using the SIG Devise to Accurately Place Sendax M.D.I’s
Harold I. Sussman, D.D.S., M.S.D. Clinical Professor Dept. of Periodontics and Implant Dentistry New York University College of Dentistry takes you through this procedure step by step ... read full article
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Could Amalgam Mercury Be Fatal to the Dental Industry?

By George Lazarro
DSN staff writer Thursday, August 28, 2008

Dental patients are not the only ones put at risk by the mercury in amalgam fillings. The dental industry itself may be at stake as well. Currently, much of the dental industry’s entire existence – both as a profitable business and a reputable longstanding institution – hinges on the continued use of amalgam fillings. Like the greedy oil barons currently holding our nation’s fuel supply hostage, the dental industry...
Does the ADA think we're stupid??
Thursday, August 14, 2008
When dental amalgam is shipped to a lab, it is shipped as a hazardous material. When dental amalgam is handled in a lab, it is handled as a hazardous...
Writing 101 Presents: Getting Your Reader's Attention
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
When composing a written work (particularly an analytical essay or opinion piece), your first and foremost priority should be to grab your prospective...
Dental Mercury: A Dangerous Business
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Mercury in dental amalgam fillings is completely safe. At least, that’s what a sizeable faction within the American dental industry would have everyo...
Is Plastic Really the New Mercury?
Monday, May 19, 2008
For more than a century, amalgam mercury has been used in dental fillings. For most of that time, fillings with amalgam mercury were considered the m...
Veneers or Braces: Let the Experts Decide
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Let’s face it: we all want to look good. To be considered attractive by others is an innate desire in all human beings. Society’s reverence for esthet...
A Change of Perspective
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
The death of Deamonte Driver should serve as a wakeup call to our entire nation. Deamonte, a 12-year-old boy from Prince George’s County, Maryland...
Dental Amalgam Fillings: Fear’s New Home
Monday, February 18, 2008
For more than 150 years, dental fillings were virtually guaranteed to be strong, sturdy, efficient, long-lasting, and safe. The reason: they were ...
General Practitioners Placing Implants: What Would Dirty Harry Say?
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
“A man has got to know his limitations.” That is the famous line uttered by Clint Eastwood in the closing scene of the 1973 film “Magnum Force.” ...
Clip Bar vs. Direct Attachment: Dentistry’s Holy War
Thursday, August 30, 2007
In general society, there are many issues that are frequently the subject of much heated controversy and debate – i.e.: religion, politics, etc. In t...
The Dangers of Outsourcing
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Like so many other industries in the US today, the dental industry has fallen under the spell of – or perhaps, one might better say, fallen victim to ...
NobelBiocare bashing boring and unnecessary
I have been coming to this website off and on for the last few months. It is somewhat informative and pretty humorous. I like the videos. The blogs are not that interesting, in fact I am quite under whelmed. A little too much bitching and petty squabbles. The whole industry has a habit of nitpicking and whining about things that aren’t relevant to the day to day running of a dental practice. I find the contin...
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What's up? Any Dentists out there?????
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
I have been coming to this website for a few months now and I have not seen any posts or new blogs. Is anyone else interested in sharing knowledge? ...
Lab Fees
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
I have noticed an increase in lab fees the last few years. Has anyone else also noticed this. is this a trend in the industry or just my area. I have ...
Implants are simple
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
I am a general practitioner who has been placing implants for 15 years. I find the whole procedure to be simple and in fact over rated by the industry...
Nobel Greed
Friday, August 31, 2007
At one time, dental implants were placed only by specialists, folks who had the proper training and experience required to handle the complex and d...
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