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Hacettepe Üniversitesi, diş hekimliğinde lazer kullanımına ilişkin konularda teorik ve uygulama derslerinin verildiği bir kurs düzenledi.

All parties involved in pilots for a new dental contract in England must hold their nerve when the process hits problems, General Dental Practice Committee Chair John Milne has emphasised this week...

Nearly half of the population (47 per cent) has admitted to regularly skipping brushing their teeth at bedtime putting their oral health at risk. Women are the most likely to break one of the three golden rules for clean and healthy teeth, with nearly six out of ten (59 per cent) regularly skipping brushing their teeth at bedtime, compared to just over a third of men (35 per cent)...

Adana Diş Hekimleri Odası Başkanı Hasan Yaman, gerek kamuda, gerekse de serbest olarak çalışan diş hekimlerinin bugün çok ciddi sorun ve sıkıntılarla karşı karşıya olduğuna dikkat çekerek, sorunu bir bütün olarak ele alıp, çözüm noktasında çaba sarf ettiklerini söyledi.

University of Louisville researchers are one step closer to helping millions of people whose salivary glands no longer work because of disease or damage from treatment of diseases. The scientific finding of Douglas Darling, PhD, professor, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, UofL School of Dentistry, and his team identified a protein sorting mechanism used by the salivary gland...

Özelden diş hekimliği hizmeti alınması ile ilgili görüşmelerde TDB’nin ilk başlarda yüksek ücret teklif ettiğini söyleyen Bakan Akdağ’a TDB’den yanıt geldi

You might think that in an increasingly germ-o-phobic nation, people would take extra care to eliminate oral disease-causing germs from their mouths, but you'd be wrong...

Hacettepe Üniversitesi (HÜ) Dekan Yardımcısı Doç. Dr. Tolga Tözüm, Ukrayna Oral İmplantoloji Derneği'nin davetlisi olarak ülkede düzenlenen büyük organizasyonda yer aldı.

The British Dental Association (BDA) is seeking an urgent meeting with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to resolve concerns about the position trading standards officers are adopting in relation to the supply of teeth whitening products...

Sağlık ve Sosyal Hizmet Emekçileri Sendikası (SES) Aksaray Şubesi adına toplanan bir grup, İstanbul Üniversitesi (İÜ) sağlık kurumlarında ''Performansa Dayalı Döner Sermaye Sistemi''ne geçilmesini, bir günlüğüne işi bırakarak protesto etti.

Resmi sağlık kuruluşlarında diş tedavileri yapılamayan ve özele sevk edilen hastaların tedavi bedellerinin ödenmesinde sorunlar yaşanması üzerine SGK, sosyal güvenlik il müdürlüklerine yazı gönderdi

Dünyanın önde gelen diş hekimleri 2 - 4 Haziran 2011'de İstanbul'a geliyor

Adana İl Sağlık Müdürlüğü ve Çukurova Üniversitesi Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı işbirliği ile diş hekimlerine "Adli Diş Hekimliği Kursu" düzenlendi.

The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) will maintain its status with the largest national dental hygiene meeting with more than 1,700 dental hygienists, and more than 2,000 total participants set to attend the Center for Lifelong Learning at the 88th Annual Session (CLL/AS). The meeting takes place June 15-21, at the Nashville Convention Center and Renaissance Marriott Hotel...

Early childhood tooth decay is one of the most common infectious diseases found in indigenous children in the United States and Canada, resulting in additional adverse health effects...

Researchers from UBC's Faculties of Medicine, Science and Dentistry are leading a $4.7 million pan-Canadian clinical trial aimed at improving outcomes for patients undergoing surgery for oral squamous cell cancers...

A new braces system utilized by Minneapolis-based dentist Dr. Shamblott straightens adult front teeth with lower cost, less discomfort, and in less time than traditional orthodontics. The new system called Six Month Smiles®utilizes clear brackets and tooth-colored wires so they are far less obvious than typical metal braces...

Türk Diş Hekimleri Birliği (TDB), sağlık alanındaki çalışma koşullarını protesto ederek, ağız sağlığı alanında hekim seçme hakkı talep etti.

Türk Dişhekimleri Birliği Başkanı Prof. Taner Yücel, Türk insanının ağız diş sağlığı hizmetinden yararlanma oranın çok düşük olduğunu ve Doğu’ya gittikçe sorunun ciddi boyutlara ulaştığını belirterek, İstanbul’da bir diş hekimine 2 bin 79, Van’da ise 73 bin 569 hasta düştüğünü açıkladı.

Türk Dişhekimleri Birliği (TDB) Genel Başkanı Prof. Dr. Taner Yücel, kamu hizmetiyle ağız ve diş sağlığı sınırlandırılarak, hekim ve hasta ilişkisinin olumsuz etkilendiğini söyledi.

Seslerini duyurmak ve sorunlarına dikkat çekmek isteyen diş hekimleri, 26 Mayıs'ta ‘Dişini Göster’ sloganıyla Galata Köprüsü"nde olacak.

The UK's only independent dental helpline is advising the public to get in touch if they are concerned about their rights and costs involved when receiving NHS dental treatment. The advice follows 'Dispatches' investigation into the state of UK dentistry aired on Channel 4 last night...

If you have a headache, quite often the first port of call is the medicine cabinet for pain relief or a visit to the Doctors. However, if the problem persists it might be something you should mention to your dentist as the persistent cause may lie inside your mouth...

Dentists in the USA are much more likely to offer an appointment to children with private health insurance than those in the combined Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) dental program, researchers reported in the journal Pediatrics...

A study using research assistants who posed as mothers of a 10-year-old boy with a fractured front tooth seeking an urgent dental appointment measured dentists' willingness to provide treatment to children with Medicaid/CHIP versus private insurance...

A new quarterly report looking into NHS dental activity has found that almost one million more people in England have had check-ups compared to the same period five years ago. A total of 29.1 million patients were seen and given a dental examination in the last two years-967,000 more than the baseline figure in March 2006. It means the percentage of the population seen by an NHS dentist (56...

Türk Dişhekimleri Birliği’nin 18. Uluslar arası Dişhekimliği Kongresi 26-28 Mayıs 2011 tarihlerinde İstanbul’da Haliç Kongre Merkezi’nde gerçekleştirilecek.

One in eight adolescents with prominent, or irregular shaped teeth have experienced bullying, with a negative impact on their self-esteem and quality of their oral health, according to a report published in the latest issue of the British Dental Journal (BDJ)...

BDA Northern Ireland is calling for the withdrawal of the legislation which extends the role of the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) to dental practice. It would also like to see a rethink of regulation for dental practices that undertake solely private treatment...

A completely new service that offers peace of mind in practice management has been officially launched at the 2011 British Dental Conference and Exhibition today (Friday 20 May 2011)...

The American Dental Association (ADA) launched its new ADA Seal of Acceptance Web area this week. "The ADA designed the new ADA Seal of Acceptance Web area to provide information that will be helpful to the public in selecting dental products and to dentists when discussing products with their patients," said Dr...

Millions of Britons are risking gum disease and far worse health problems by failing to brush their teeth often enough, a recent oral health survey reveals. Nearly a fifth of people (17%) brush just once a day-leaving them vulnerable to a build-up of plaque, which can lead to gum disease...

The new Scottish Government must not allow a growing burden of bureaucracy or an imperative for efficiency gains to override the pursuit of continued improvements to NHS dentistry in Scotland, the British Dental Association (BDA) has cautioned...

Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced the results of an analysis of the Aetna Dental Medical Integration (DMI) program. Since 2007, over 930,000 people participated in the DMI program and Aetna sent 652,000 educational mailings. In addition, dental care coordinators made over 250,000 follow up phone calls to members who have not had a recent dental visit...

Ege Üniversitesi (EÜ) Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi 19 Mayıs Atatürk'ü Anma Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı öncesinde periapikal röntgen filmlerinden hazırlanmış Atatürk portresini görsel bir şölen eşliğinde sundu.

Adana Diş Hekimleri Odası Başkanı Hasan Yaman, Sağlık Bakanlığının uygulamalar sonucu diş hekimlerinin sorunlarının her geçen gün arttığını söyledi

A project to build a comprehensive living history of dentistry, the John McLean Archive, is seeking participants from across the UK to help make dental history. Participants are required to participate in the project's next witness seminar in October; and to take part in an ongoing series of oral history interviews across the UK...

Tekerlikli sandalyedeki engelliler, diş hekimlerinin ya da diş kliniklerinin muayenehanelerine gittiklerinde pek çok engel ile karşı karşıya kalıyor

The British Dental Association (BDA) and Nature Publishing Group (NPG) are pleased to announce a renewal of their publishing partnership to 2019. Under the agreement, NPG will continue to provide publishing services for the British Dental Journal (BDJ), BDA News, Evidence-Based Dentistry, Launchpad and Vital. The BDA and NPG have worked together continuously since 1997...

New Protein Could Prove Powerful Target for Cholesterol Lowering Drugs A protein has been discovered that may have a profound effect on cholesterol metabolism...

A University of Oklahoma environmental science graduate student will travel to Ethiopia in June to test materials she has been investigating as possible solutions to fluorosis-a widespread problem in the Rift Valley, where high levels of fluoride in the drinking water result in dental and skeletal disease...

Nurses who care for patients with dementia now have a tailored approach to dental hygiene for their charges, thanks to a pilot study by a team of nurses. "Poor oral health can lead to pneumonia and cardiovascular disease as well as periodontal disease," said Rita A. Jablonski, even though these illnesses are not usually associated with the mouth...

A new study suggests that severe gum disease (chronic periodontitis) may cause a reduction in red blood cells and haemoglobin leading to the blood disorder anaemia. The research, published in the Journal of Periodontology (1),found that over a third of people suffering from severe gum disease had haemoglobin levels below normal concentrations...

The Department of Health's announcement today of just a 0.5 per cent increase in contract values for general dental practitioners in England for 2011/12 is a pay cut that will negatively affect their ability to invest in patient care, the British Dental Association (BDA) has warned...

University of Michigan dental students will soon be working with some of the most advanced technology in the industry, thanks to a new agreement between the school and the 3M Digital Oral Care Department...

Babies fed infant formula mixed with New York's fluoridated tap water risk developing enamel fluorosis or discolored teeth, according to the New York State Department of Health (1)...