Delhi Dentist in Tihar jail- Demands cosmetics
Charged for torturing and killing her maid, Dr Jagriti Singh who is serving a jail term behind bars in Tihar jail wants to use branded cosmetics inside jail.
This Delhi dentist had requested a city court for seeking access to face cream, sunscreen and shampoo, which she called prescriptive items “essential for her skin treatment”. She asked for a dupatta too. Court declined her request...NEWSLINK
Fraud in Dental clinic
Metzner, 57, Anderson, faces two counts of corrupt business influence in addition to money laundering, Medicaid fraud, theft, forgery and practicing dentistry without a license.
Three dentists who practiced at the center face charges of corrupt business influence, money laundering, Medicaid fraud and theft:
According to court documents, the clinic billed for services they didn’t provide, exaggerated some claims for services rendered and submitted claims for work performed by dentists who weren’t authorized Medicaid providers. In other cases, they submitted claims for a dentist who no longer worked at the office and forged the signatures of dentists no longer employed there. MORE HERE
3 D obturation in RCT
The unique design of the Cork delivery device, illustrated in Figure, gives rise to many of the technological breakthroughs of the Cork technique. The design consists of an apical gutta-percha “master-cone” wrapped in a thin silver sheath. This silver extends the full length of the delivery device and is removed as part of the technique. Having a thin sheath of silver wrap apical gutta percha and extending the entire length of the delivery device bring several new functionalities to clinical obturation. LINK … Learn MORE
International Conference of Dental Specialities-Delhi
IAGD is organising its first International Conference of Dental Specialities on May 9th and 10th 2014 at I.T.S Centre for Dental Studies and Research,Murad Nagar,Ghaziabad. See Brochure NOW
Shofu introduces Dental photography system
Made completely in-house in cooperation with experts in photography and cosmetic dentistry, the camera was conceptualised to be useful for a wide range of dental applications including intra-oral photography, shade selection and detailed image taking of anterior teeth. It comes with eight pre-set dental modes which, according to Shofu Dental’s Asia-Pacific Managing Director Patrick Loke, are combined with a built-in proprietary flashmatic system and a number of image processing functions like colour-correction and auto-cropping to simplify the process of dental photography MORE HERE
High court relief to BDS students
The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday directed the RGUHS to approve the admissions of the students to BDS course who had not appeared for the CET or COMED-K during 2012-13.
During the hearing of a batch of petitions filed by the BDS students, Justice Anand Byrareddy observed that normally entrance test decides allotment of seats when applicants outnumber the seats available and in the present case the test was “unreasonable” since there were more seats than the applicants. NEWSLINK
HC upholds admission of over 1000 BDS students TOI LINK
Risk factors in implants
Excess low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (dyslipidemia) is responsible for a slower bone metabolism or lower dental implant osseointegration. In addition, vitamin D is a key factor for linking innate and adaptive immunity. Both of these factors are compromised under the conditions of vitamin D deficiency. Therefore, vitamin D deficiency slows implant osseointegration and increases the risk of graft infection. Vitamin D is also involved in immune function and therefore allergic reactions. NEWSLINK
New implant motor can be controlled by iPad
The Ichiropro by Bien-Air is a revolutionary physiodispenser, controlled from an iPad and equipped with some of the best-performing attachments designed.
This device has been on the market for 18 months. Like the Apple iPad, the App that drives the implant motor has grown and evolved. MORE HERE
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