Maine may get first dental school

Maine may get first dental school

 

The School of New Britain is working with congress in Maine to protected a $5 thousand connection program that would allow the university to make Maine’s first dental university, according to information reviews.

 

University authorities allegedly have been referring to developing a dental university for several years, but this is the first time they have gone to the condition capitol to discuss straight to law makers about the need for their assistance, the Beaverton Media Usher in revealed.

 

Maine has a lack of dental practitioners, with approximately one dental professional per 3,400 citizens, according to the university. The normal U.S. rate is one dental professional per 1,700 people.

 

The university would be centered at the university’s Beaverton university and would be the only dental university in north New Britain. The approximated start-up cost is $20 thousand, according to authorities.

 

Most wedding greetings don’t begin with the phrase “whereas,” but the ADA got one on May 13 from none other than the U.S. The legislature.

 

Congress feted the company’s 150th wedding this year with a 243-word quality commending the ADA for its charitable organisation and loyality in the interest of dental wellness.

 

The ADA motivates dental practitioners to give their services, and dental have reacted with more than $2 billion dollars in uncompensated care, according to the quality, including that “the United states Dental Organization supporters adequate financing for government dental analysis and army preparedness applications.”

 

In his thank you observe, ADA Chief executive David Findley, D.D.S., reacted that, “the ADA has always proved helpful under the supposition that helping the public’s wellness and advertising the passions of dental care are not mutually unique. In fact, one is important to the achievements of the other.”

U.S. The legislature associates discussion amalgam

U.S. The legislature associates discussion amalgam

 

U.S. Rep. From Watson (D-CA), who has provided regulation in The legislature to limit the use of dental amalgam, is now pressuring the FDA to more firmly control the content. Rep. Watson and Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) are gathering signatures from other The legislature associates on a correspondence asking the FDA to require mother and father to indication a approval form before dental practitioners can place amalgam corrections in children young than age 18. Grownups would get a caution correspondence “to ensure understand of the potential side effects of mercury amalgam.”

 

Reps. Scott Simpson (R-ID) and David Linder (R-GA), both dental practitioners, are asking co-workers not to indication the Watson and Burton correspondence. “We need to allow the FDA to work its way through this process,” they had written. School of California Chief executive J. Bernard Machen, D.D.S., Ph.D., said this week he would provide his entire $285,000 reward to a grant program for learners who have trouble providing a university knowledge, according to the Associated Media (AP).

 

Dr. Machen proved helpful in the management at the dental educational institutions of the School of Mich and the School of Northern Carolina at Church Mountain before becoming president of the School of California. He established the California Opportunity Grants to help learners whose mother and father didn’t go to higher knowledge, the AP said.

 

Dr. Machen’s yearly settlement for 2008 destroyed $731,811, such as wage, rewards, and other compensation; his contribution amounts to more than a third of that, the AP revealed. Three case research released lately in the Publication of Oral Implantology (JOI) revealed that immediate-load improvements in healthy sufferers were effective and stayed efficient after 30 months of follow-up, according to the United states Academia of Improvement Dental care (AAID).

 

Studies displaying long-term results of immediate-load improvements are limited, according to JOI, and the effective cases mentioned in the review — written by a team of Turkish dental scientists — provide new proof re-inifocing this augmentation medical technique.

 

“For the right sufferers, immediate implantation has several advantages,” said Beverly Dunn, D.D.S., president of the AAID, said in an argument. “They can not waste money from smaller treatment time, and cuboid reduction at the removal website can be reduced when improvements are placed at enough duration of removal.”

 

Dr. Dunn informed that individuals with innovative gum disease, significant cuboid reduction, or attacks at the removal website are not applicants for the immediate-load augmentation option. Other disqualifiers are cigarette smoking and inadequate dental cleanliness.

 

“This research is new proof verifying the benefits of immediate-load improvements,” Dr. Dunn said. “Further adopting of this strategy may motivate more sufferers to consider improvements for changing produced teeth.”

Regulators eye link between denture cream and zinc toxicity

Regulators eye link between denture cream and zinc toxicity

 

Regulatory authorities and dental associations are examining reports that overuse of zinc-based denture adhesives may cause neurological damage. While a direct causal link has not yet been established, dentists are being advised to counsel denture-wearing patients to ensure they aren’t using too much adhesive.

 

The issue has been percolating for several years, but received renewed attention this month following a segment that appeared May 5 on “Good Morning America.” In addition, the U.S. FDA has received adverse event reports claiming that cases of zinc toxicity were caused by denture cream overuse, and the agency has confirmed that it has formed a working group to examine the issue.

 

At issue is the effect that excessive ingestion of zinc over a long period of time can have in depleting the amount of copper in the human body, as copper deficiency can lead to the impairment of various neurological processes. In fact, copper deficiency is a well-established and increasingly recognized cause of neurologic and hematologic disease, and excess zinc has been identified as a source of copper deficiency (Journal of Neurology, January 2004, Vol. 251:1, pp. 111-114).

 

This is where denture adhesives come in — some, anyway. While not all denture creams contain zinc, two of the most popular are GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Super PoliGrip and Procter and Gamble’s (P&G) Fixodent, both of which are zinc-based (GSK also offers a zinc-free version of PoliGrip). The zinc acts as a binding agent that increases the product’s hold, according to Jennifer May, a spokesperson for over-the-counter products at GSK.

 

While zinc is an essential mineral naturally present in many protein-rich foods such as beef, chicken, and nuts, and many supplements and other over-the-counter products such as Zicam (a cold medicine), there are limits to how much a person should ingest on a daily basis, especially with long-term use. The acceptable daily intake is 8 mg for women and 11 mg for men, and more than 40 mg constitutes zinc poisoning, according to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

 

A 2.4 oz (68 gram) tube of Super PoliGrip contains 38 mg of zinc per gram of product, and GSK recommends that a single tube should last approximately six weeks. According to the company’s Web site:

 

You should not use more than the indicated quantity of Super PoliGrip, or use it more often than once per day, to compensate for poorly fitting dentures. You should consult your dentist regularly to maintain proper-fitting dentures.

The Super PoliGrip packaging carries these same recommendations, along with the list of ingredients (topping the list is “poly(methylvinylether/maleic acid) sodium-magnesium-zinc mixed partial salt”).

 

Language on the Fixodent packaging is less explicit; under “Helpful Hints,” a highlighted section reads “Don’t use too much product at first. It may take a few tries to find the right amount for you!” and “Consult your dentist regularly to ensure proper fitting dentures.” There is no list of ingredients on either the Fixodent box or tube; because the FDA has classified denture cream as a Class I device, the manufacturers are not required to list the ingredients.

 

However, the Fixodent Web site does feature a letter from J. Leslie Winston, D.D.S., Ph.D., P&G’s director of professional and scientific relations for North America, which states in part:

 

A small amount of zinc is used in Fixodent to provide denture hold. This helps the denture stay in place securely so our consumers can eat, chew, and talk more confidently. All Fixodent products undergo rigorous scientific evaluations and safety testing before appearing on shelf and we continue to monitor them once in market. … The average amount of zinc an average denture adhesive user would ingest from daily usage of Fixodent is less than the amount of zinc in most daily multivitamins and comparable to 6 ounces of ground beef.