Bad rct, Upsetting verdict, Lumineers NOW, More seats, SMS analgesic, Tooth politician , Judge awards $35Million over unneeded root canals in USA Dentist named Duyzend performed nearly 2,200 root canals on about 500 patients in the five years before he retired in 2007, according to the sworn affidavit of Dr. David To, who purchased Duyzend’s practice. The judge found dr Henri Duyzend was negligent, failed to obtain informed consent from patients, committed fraud and violated the Washington Consumer Protection Act. The verdict is believed to be one of the largest in state history for dental negligence. NEWSLINKLearn DOING RCT from the BEST Institute Supreme court quashes NEET- Look at the FACE..The supreme court today quashed notifications by the Medical Council of India (MCI) to hold common entrance tests for admission to the undergraduate MBBS and dental courses and the postgraduate courses leading to MD, MS or MDS degrees. It was a split verdict. It was last working day for justice kabir, see pic. While Chief Justice Kabir and Justice Vikramjit Sen held that the MCI has no authority to conduct a common examination, Justice Dave took a contrary view. “Holding of the (test) is legal, practical, and is the need of the society. Hence, I dissented,” Justice Dave said. Justice Dave referred to the corruption fear. “If only one examination in the country is conducted… in my opinion, unscrupulous and money-minded businessmen operating in the field of education would be constrained to stop their corrupt practices,” the judge said. LINK Health minister upset with SC order, seeks legal opinion Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is also upset with the verdict. “Definitely, we are upset with the decision. We didn’t expect this decision to come,” he said. “The apex court hasn’t elaborated further on its decision. It should have said that this particular institution should not conduct the exam and this particular institution is capable of conducting the exam,” the Health Minister added. He has sought legal opinion on whether the Health Ministry can file a review petition on the Supreme Court order. LINK Lumineers® Launches New Consumer Website with focus on consumers, click on pic belowSelf-adhesive composites- are they worth it ? Now researchers from the University of Athens School of Dentistry and the Center for Dental Medicine at the University of Zurich have compared two self-adhesive materials versus two sealants(Dental Materials, July 2013, Vol. 29:7, pp. 752-762). The researchers tested self-adhesives Vertise Flow (Kerr) and Fusio (Pentron Clinical Technologies); Embrace Wetbond (Pulpdent), a sealant containing hydrophilic monomers suited to moist, acid-etched surfaces; and Helioseal F (Ivoclar Vivadent), a conventional hydrophobic sealant applied to dry, acid-etched surfaces to see how they performed in a lab setting. They found that Helioseal F performed the best or among the best in several categories tested: extent of oxygen inhibition, adaptation, microleakage, penetration, and flow. MORE HERE Med, dental students to get 276 more seats Additional 276 seats for the second round of counselling as the government added more seats for BDS/MBBS on Thursday. For MBBS 223 additional seats have been added and 53 new seats have been included in dental courses. The new seats included are in ESI Medical College, Bangalore (40), ESI Medical College, Gulbarga (40), MV Medical College, Bangalore (12), Vydehì Medical College, Bangalore (25), Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur (12), JSS Medical College, Mysore (12) and Tadìkela Subbaiah Medical College, Shimoga (82). In the dental course, the 53 new seats are in V S Dental College, Bangalore (14), Rajiv Gandhi Dental College, Bangalore (14) and Srinivasa Dental College, Mangalore (25). LINK SMS reduces post orthodontic pain GREENSBURG, Pa., USA: For the first time, researchers have investigated the effect of text messages on patients’ self-reported levels of pain and anxiety. Among other findings, they found that a text message sent by the orthodontic office after initial appliance placement resulted in decreased perception of pain. Seven days after the treatment, both groups reported some degree of pain and anxiety. However, the researchers observed that mean pain intensity increased and the period of self-reported discomfort was longer in the control group compared with the text message group. LINK This dentist will contest polls in Kashmir Dr Hina Khan, (daughter of a politician) who is in her late thirties, is a dentist. Her friends call her ‘Shilpa Shetty’ as her face resembles that of the actress. But unlike professionals who hate politics, she talks about nothing else, and says she will contest the 2014 elections from Amirakdal constituency in Srinagar. LINK Gingival Stem Cells Can Be Used in Tissue Regeneration “The tooth and surrounding tissues are a rich source of stem cells, and this JDent Res manuscript demonstrates that gingivae contain highly proliferative stem cells from two different embryonic origins and that these cells exhibit distinct behaviors,” said JDR Associate Editor Jacques Nör. “These results suggest that gingivae, an easily accessible tissue, are an attractive source for stem cells that can be used in tissue regeneration.” MORE HERE Removable partial dentures are risky Removable dentures can contribute to tooth loss in elderly patients.. The retrospective study, published in the June issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association, showed that patients with a history of carious teeth or retained roots were more likely to lose teeth if they wore removable dentures. LINK Oral Diseases affect some 3.9 Billion people Oral diseases remain highly prevalent in 2010 affecting 3.9 billion people. Untreated caries in permanent teeth was the most prevalent condition evaluated for the entire GBD (Global Burden of Disease) 2010 Study with a global prevalence of 35% for all ages combined. Severe periodontitis and untreated caries in deciduous teeth were the 6th and 10th most prevalent conditions, affecting, respectively, 11% and 9% of the global population. LINK MORE POPULAR POSTS…. Oh shi….what have I put in my mouth… Why this 3 year BDS committed suicide DCI announces superspeciality course at par with MCh in medicine , http://bit.ly/13oibBD

Bad rct, Upsetting verdict, Lumineers NOW, More seats, SMS analgesic, Tooth politician , Judge awards $35Million over unneeded root canals in USA Dentist named Duyzend performed nearly 2,200 root canals on about 500 patients in the five years before he retired in 2007, according to the sworn affidavit of Dr. David To, who purchased Duyzend’s practice. The judge found dr Henri Duyzend was negligent, failed to obtain informed consent from patients, committed fraud and violated the Washington Consumer Protection Act. The verdict is believed to be one of the largest in state history for dental negligence. NEWSLINKLearn DOING RCT from the BEST Institute Supreme court quashes NEET- Look at the FACE..The supreme court today quashed notifications by the Medical Council of India (MCI) to hold common entrance tests for admission to the undergraduate MBBS and dental courses and the postgraduate courses leading to MD, MS or MDS degrees. It was a split verdict. It was last working day for justice kabir, see pic. While Chief Justice Kabir and Justice Vikramjit Sen held that the MCI has no authority to conduct a common examination, Justice Dave took a contrary view. “Holding of the (test) is legal, practical, and is the need of the society. Hence, I dissented,” Justice Dave said. Justice Dave referred to the corruption fear. “If only one examination in the country is conducted… in my opinion, unscrupulous and money-minded businessmen operating in the field of education would be constrained to stop their corrupt practices,” the judge said. LINK Health minister upset with SC order, seeks legal opinion Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is also upset with the verdict. “Definitely, we are upset with the decision. We didn’t expect this decision to come,” he said. “The apex court hasn’t elaborated further on its decision. It should have said that this particular institution should not conduct the exam and this particular institution is capable of conducting the exam,” the Health Minister added. He has sought legal opinion on whether the Health Ministry can file a review petition on the Supreme Court order. LINK Lumineers® Launches New Consumer Website with focus on consumers, click on pic belowSelf-adhesive composites- are they worth it ? Now researchers from the University of Athens School of Dentistry and the Center for Dental Medicine at the University of Zurich have compared two self-adhesive materials versus two sealants(Dental Materials, July 2013, Vol. 29:7, pp. 752-762). The researchers tested self-adhesives Vertise Flow (Kerr) and Fusio (Pentron Clinical Technologies); Embrace Wetbond (Pulpdent), a sealant containing hydrophilic monomers suited to moist, acid-etched surfaces; and Helioseal F (Ivoclar Vivadent), a conventional hydrophobic sealant applied to dry, acid-etched surfaces to see how they performed in a lab setting. They found that Helioseal F performed the best or among the best in several categories tested: extent of oxygen inhibition, adaptation, microleakage, penetration, and flow. MORE HERE Med, dental students to get 276 more seats Additional 276 seats for the second round of counselling as the government added more seats for BDS/MBBS on Thursday. For MBBS 223 additional seats have been added and 53 new seats have been included in dental courses. The new seats included are in ESI Medical College, Bangalore (40), ESI Medical College, Gulbarga (40), MV Medical College, Bangalore (12), Vydehì Medical College, Bangalore (25), Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur (12), JSS Medical College, Mysore (12) and Tadìkela Subbaiah Medical College, Shimoga (82). In the dental course, the 53 new seats are in V S Dental College, Bangalore (14), Rajiv Gandhi Dental College, Bangalore (14) and Srinivasa Dental College, Mangalore (25). LINK SMS reduces post orthodontic pain GREENSBURG, Pa., USA: For the first time, researchers have investigated the effect of text messages on patients’ self-reported levels of pain and anxiety. Among other findings, they found that a text message sent by the orthodontic office after initial appliance placement resulted in decreased perception of pain. Seven days after the treatment, both groups reported some degree of pain and anxiety. However, the researchers observed that mean pain intensity increased and the period of self-reported discomfort was longer in the control group compared with the text message group. LINK This dentist will contest polls in Kashmir Dr Hina Khan, (daughter of a politician) who is in her late thirties, is a dentist. Her friends call her ‘Shilpa Shetty’ as her face resembles that of the actress. But unlike professionals who hate politics, she talks about nothing else, and says she will contest the 2014 elections from Amirakdal constituency in Srinagar. LINK Gingival Stem Cells Can Be Used in Tissue Regeneration “The tooth and surrounding tissues are a rich source of stem cells, and this JDent Res manuscript demonstrates that gingivae contain highly proliferative stem cells from two different embryonic origins and that these cells exhibit distinct behaviors,” said JDR Associate Editor Jacques Nör. “These results suggest that gingivae, an easily accessible tissue, are an attractive source for stem cells that can be used in tissue regeneration.” MORE HERE Removable partial dentures are risky Removable dentures can contribute to tooth loss in elderly patients.. The retrospective study, published in the June issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association, showed that patients with a history of carious teeth or retained roots were more likely to lose teeth if they wore removable dentures. LINK Oral Diseases affect some 3.9 Billion people Oral diseases remain highly prevalent in 2010 affecting 3.9 billion people. Untreated caries in permanent teeth was the most prevalent condition evaluated for the entire GBD (Global Burden of Disease) 2010 Study with a global prevalence of 35% for all ages combined. Severe periodontitis and untreated caries in deciduous teeth were the 6th and 10th most prevalent conditions, affecting, respectively, 11% and 9% of the global population. LINK MORE POPULAR POSTS…. Oh shi….what have I put in my mouth… Why this 3 year BDS committed suicide DCI announces superspeciality course at par with MCh in medicine , http://bit.ly/13oibBD , via Dental Teach " Daily Dental Info " https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=634861296538423&set=a.579621098729110.1073741845.110664842291407&type=1