A Laredo dentist with a penchant for performing illegal breast augmentation, and his wife, have pleaded guilty to submitting fake bills to Texas Medicaid, including “performing patient evaluations” while they Take a bite out of crime were actually on trips to Hawaii and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Despite owing the state’s Health and Human Services [...]

There were significant differences in pain perception of chewing function between the placebo group and the chewing-gum group at 24 hours and 7 days, and between the placebo group and the hard-viscoelastic group on the day 7 (P <0.05). Also, there were significant differences between the placebo group and the soft-viscoelastic group, and between the [...]

161 valid answers were received (18.8% response rate). Of them, 36% of the actions were considered to be “adequate” procedures, while 64% were “inadequate”. The results yielded 12 main procedures, based on common characteristics. Eighty-two orthodontists suggested orthodontic treatment with or without orthognathic surgery, and some suggested using stabilization appliance ...

Guess what? If you’ve ever signed on to participate in a Groupon-type social marketing coupon you may be convicted of Dirty Dancing with the Devil, otherwise known as fee-splitting. And Align Technologies will have none of it. Just to make sure you know that they’re watching you, this memo was sent out to all Invisalign [...]

New research from the University of Kent suggests that many of the common orthodontic problems experienced by people in industrialised nations is due to their soft modern diet causing the jaw to grow too short and small relative to the size of their teeth. The research, which was conducted by Dr Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel from [...]

When you don’t have much money, and receive medical and dental care at state expense, it’s rare to complain. Texas received only 712 complaints from Medicaid patients in the last year. But sometimes the quality of care becomes so questionable, patients speak up. The case of a Garland girl points to some weaknesses in Medicaid [...]

Dental implants can now enable the orthodontist to provide treatment for cases that previously were untreatable or very difficult to treat. Implants can increase the efficiency and expediency of many kinds of orthodontic therapy. The use of implants for this purpose is growing very rapidly. From your experience, are orthodontists placing their own implants or [...]

Excellent teamwork is the foundation to an effective marketing plan. The attitudes and skills of the team members can enhance or detract from the patient experience. Teams are not hired, they are created. In this comprehensive article, the author outlines the key elements that are essential to team building. These are proven principles that will [...]

Two and a half years in, I think I must be close to being the world expert on wearing Invisalign. I was undoubtedly the most complicated case that my orthodontist had ever taken on when I started, and I believe I’m still his longest running case. Most of his patients swan in and out of [...]

Angle Class III malocclusion has been a challenge for researchers concerning diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. It has a prevalence of 5% in the Brazilian population, and may have a genetic or environmental etiology. This malocclusion can be classified as dentoalveolar, skeletal or functional, which will determine the prognosis. Considering these topics, the aim of this [...]