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ADA petitions FDA to classify, regulate tooth-whitening products Association says that the application of chemically based tooth whitening or bleaching agents can harm teeth, ...	Children's dental health project applauds historic leadership in the U.S. Senate to improve nation's oral health Health Reform Bill unveiled in Senate contains key provisions to provide unprecedented oral health resources f...
State dental association, health commissioner to assist with rollout event New online toolkit will help school counselors with job opportunities in dentistry....	Appliance Therapy Group to spotlight dental sleep medicine at ATPA event Techniques, tools, and training will be featured....
Hispanic Dental Association appoints new executive director Dr. Carmen Yolanda Bonta named to the post....	BIOMET 3i partners with clinicians to help achieve practice growth goals Company's UP3 portfolio offers tools and support such as professional development services, practice marketing...
Pitt researcher to co-direct national consortium on facial birth defects FaceBase Consortium will create an encyclopedic database of how the faces of children develop and what goes wr...	Pacific Sky Publishing launches new nonfiction book Book is part adventure story collection, travelogue, and a semi-autobiographical personal memoir by Dr. Richar...
Students get hands-on experience at Aspen Dental Students toured denture lab and learn differences among types of dentures and how they are made....	CDA elects dentist as new president Dr. Thomas Stewart is a Navy captain and dentistry veteran of more than 30 years....
RelyX unicem cement capsules hit the 50-million mark Self-adhesive resin cement has been used for millions of applications around the globe....	Recall Solutions assists dentists with personalized dental recall system System helps dentists retain and reactivate patients....
3M creates digital oral care department Intent of the new department is to accelerate and strengthen 3M's efforts to lead the digital transformation t...	Nominations for ADA New Dentist Awards sought Deadline for nominations is Dec. 1, 2009....
MyDocHub adds dentists to medical search, review database MyDocHub now reports more than 400,000 hits monthly from patients who either offer reviews of their doctors or...	OSAP sets lineup for 2010 symposium Symposium slated for June 10-13 at the Hyatt Regency in Tampa, Fla....
Cone beam 3-D imaging system praised Imaging Sciences International's i-CAT recognized....	GlaxoSmithKline Super Poligrip statement Statement provided from company about its denture adhesive, according to a GlaxoSmithKline spokesman....
Pankey Institute appoints new chairman of education Dr. James C. Kessler will begin his appointment in January 2011, succeeding Dr. Irwin Becker....	Community awareness event to benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation Renaissance Dental Center and Hart and Wells Orthodontics present Smiles Over Raleigh Renaissance Festival....
AMD LASERS announces partnerships with three companies Partners include 1-800-DENTIST, Fortune Management, and Cetylite Industries....	ADA president issues statement on passage of House bill Ronald Tankersley addresses the passage of HR 3763, a bill exempting most dental practices and other small bus...
DentalEZ Group launches Dr. Practice blog Blog intended as a resource for dental professionals and consumers who seek information and conversation about...	Oral-body inflammatory connected to medical-dental practice Drs. James McAnally and Neil Gottehrer discuss a system for dentists to strengthen the referral relationship b...
Sirona Dental Systems to underwrite upcoming CAD/CAM seminars Gordon and Rella Christensen among industry experts slated to speak at seminars at Scottsdale Center for Denti...	KOMET USA opens new North American headquarters in South Carolina The new headquarters (10,000 square feet) more than doubles the size of the company's previous office....
2009 dental office design competition winners announced Practice types with newly built offices or offices with leasehold improvements or renovations completed betwee...	Demandforce No. 220 on list of 500 fastest-growing private companies Web-based software platform has grown rapidly since 2005 launch....
AAP selects research poster winners Winners announced Sept. 15, 2009, at 95th annual meeting of the American Academy of Periodontology....	Vident, Leinweber team up to present hands-on CEREC technology training course Participants designed everything from the posterior to anterior regions and were able to design and mill CERE...