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W&H: Proface – New and innovative caries detection.

WH Dentalwerk — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:54:17 +0000

The new Proface light probe by W&H enables direct visual detection of caries in opened cavities. While conventional methods only offer indirect information on the extent of caries in infected dentine, Proface gives dentists the ability to assess the treatment site at a glance.

U. dental school — Its time has come

CB — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:02:35 +0000

The decision of University of Utah trustees to launch a School of Dentistry should bring smiles to the faces of Utahns.The university has offered a dental education program through its School of Medicine since 1980. Students take their first year of training at the U. before transferring to Creighton University in Nebraska for three more years. It would be a logical next step for the U. to provide the entire four-year course…

Plans for new dental hospital go on show

JG — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:15:12 +0000

This is how Birmingham’s new dental hospital and school of dentistry could look, the Birmingham Mail has revealed. Planning consent for the multi-million pound project, on the site of the former BBC studios in Pebble Mill Road, Edgbaston, was gained last November. And now the public are being asked to comment on these computer generated images before final designs are submitted to the city council in early May. Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust said the four-storey facility would replace the current dental hospital in St Chads Queensway, which is now 50-years-old.

Let a dental student loose on your teeth… and save thousands

CB — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:59:15 +0000

Over the past 36 years, Rebecca Enright has needed a daunting amount of dental work – a gold crown on a rear tooth, a porcelain crown over a canine, root-canal work, an extraction and a bridge. And that’s on top of routine check-ups, hygiene appointments and a number of fillings. All this would normally have cost a hefty five-figure sum – but Rebecca hasn’t paid a single penny.That’s because the 41-year-old, who owns a construction company with her husband Gerard in Solihull, West Midlands, has had all her treatment carried out by students…

‘Shock Trauma’ To Help Train University Of Maryland Dental Students, Residents

CB — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:46:23 +0000

The University of Maryland’s School of Dentistry has teamed up with the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center for training future dentists to respond efficiently and effectively to life-threatening medical emergencies in a dental setting.Medical training is a growing trend in dental education in the United States since the early 1990s…

S.H.O.W. Mobile bringing medical care to rural areas in Bootheel

CB — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:47:43 +0000

Southeast Missouri State University and the SEMO Health Network have partnered to bring medical care to rural areas in the Missouri Bootheel.The S.H.O.W. Mobile, a 38-foot mobile health center, is equipped for a medical staff to provide full-scale dental services, such as comprehensive examinations, bitewing X-rays, fillings, extractions and pulpotomies

All Smiles

CB — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:15:46 +0000

Faculty, students and staff from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Dentistry on Friday, Feb. 3, provided free dental services to more than 100 sixth- and seventh-grade students from Memphis Academy of Health Sciences.The event was part of the American Dental Association’s Give Kids a Smile Day…

Dental do’s and don’ts

CB — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:43:05 +0000

The biggest reason for delaying dental care is cost, according to a Consumer Reports survey that asked readers to describe the dental health and cosmetic treatments they received in the last five years…

The AISO Congress Foggia 2011 – an example of excellence in dental student congresses

JG — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:50:53 +0000

AISO

Author: Pavel Scarlat

On the last days of October 2011, the Association of Italian Dental Students (AISO) had the honor to organize the XLI National Congress and LIX General Assembly, which gathered together students and young dentists from more than 20 Italian Universities, as well as international students. The event has successfully covered the students’ thirst of dental scientific knowledge through presentations and workshops, and has gathered together the leaders of the dental student local and national community.

Poster Presentation

The first day of the Congress has offered to the students the chance of attending great presentations in the fields of maxilo facial surgery, implantology, endodontics and prosthetics, held by Professors from Naples, Palermo, Torino, Foggia and Chietti.

The second part of the day has offered a multitude of workshops: Implantology Workshop (GEASS), Endodontics Workshop (Komet), Diagnostic Imaging workshop(BIotec), Sutures workshop, Dental Sensitivity Course (GABA/Colgate) and a Course of Endooral Photography. The attendants were granted with a free of charge participation at the aforementioned workshops.

Scientific Presentation

The most awaited event of the day was the AISO Lecture Contest during which the most talented and involved in dental research students, have competed for the appreciation of the Jury, as well as for the numerous prizes offered by the generous sponsors: a) Theoretical-practical workshop “Maxilo Facial human anatomy on a dead body” at the Charles 1^st University of Prague(Czech Republic), b) hand piece from “Miglionico” c) dental loupes (UK dental loupes), d)Theoretical-practical course of human anatomy with oral surgery applications in Sofia, Bulgaria e) Instrumental kit (Komet) and a special prize from AISO.

General Assembly

The following brave students were granted with the awards, which came as a result of their hard work:

The best research project in Orthodontics: Carlotta Piccolo,

The best research project in Oral Pathology: Serena Iacovelli

The best research project in Implantology: Lino Locurcio

The best project in Endodontics: Francesca Corrado

The best project in Periodontics: Flavia Iaculli

Gala Dinner

The day has ended in an Amazing “Cena di Gala” (Gala Dinner), which has offered the most vivid example of Italian beautifulness and glamour.

On October 29^th it was organized the General Assembly which started with presentations and annual reports of the local committees/members. New policies were put under debate and voted. A positively voted decision which is of an international interest, is the will of AISO of officially making the proposal to organize the IADS Congress 2013 in Bari.

AISO-Congress

The day has ended with the elections procedure and for this purpose we would like to congratulate the new AISO officers, and special congratulations to the AISO National Exchange and Scientific Officer for IADS – Mirko Bascianni.

Gaetano Iluzzi – President of the AISO Congress Organizing Committee:

“ We are glad that the event has gathered together so many Italian as well as international students, offering to them a very good set of workshops, scientific presentations and the possibility to interact with each other. We would be honored to host the IADS Annual Meeting 2013 and we are ready to make an official proposal”

Implantology Workshop

This year’s AISO National Congress will remain for a long time in the memory of the attendants, as it has been successfully serving the student’s interests for education, knowledge as well as creating strong friendship bonds.

Dental students scoop national award

JG — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:06:14 +0000

Two dental students from the Peninsula Dental School have won a prestigious professional award from the British Dental Trade Association (BDTA). Year four student Emma Louise Kateb and Matthew Hemming, (who qualified as a dentist from the Peninsula Dental School in the summer), won the national Dentistry in a Decade competition with their essay on the lessons learnt from the national Adult Dental Health Survey.