Grandad's $20k bill after swallowing dentist's screwdriver


Bob needed dental implant and paid good money to see a top dental surgeon. But things can even go wrong with the best of doctors. And so it was with Bob’s. Toward the end of his complicated surgery, a dental screwdriver accidentally went down Bob's throat.



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Dental oral craniofacial tissue regeneration consortia


The ability to robustly and predictably regenerate dental, oral and craniofacial (DOC) tissues through tissue engineering and/or regenerative medicine strategies is a major goal for clinicians. While many technologies have shown proof of principle in small animals, few have made it into the clinic.


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Dentists seek political support in resisting intrusion by insurers


Dentists are lobbying the major political parties to support patient savings accounts in an effort to limit the influence of health insurers on the industry. Behind the controversy over continuing changes to hospital cover, some insurers have been taking a tighter rein over the benefits they pay dentists under general treatment or "extras" cover.


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Have your say... scope of practice registration standard and the guidelines for scope of practice.


The DHAA is interested in what you think of the Dental Board of Australia's (the Board) proposed changes to the scope of practice registration standard and the guidelines for scope of practice.


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Investigating the enigmatic link between periodontal inflammation and retinal degeneration


Many clinical studies link Chronic Periodontitis (CP) to various systemic disorders and lately age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of irreversible vision loss in elderly, is found to be associated with periodontal disease. The keystone oral-pathobiont and one of the major causative organism for CP, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), has been identified with the ability to invade epithelial, fibroblasts and dendritic cells.


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