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Sep 01, 2008; ... Few of us have time to read all the news and developments happening in our profession ... but the DPREurope team is delighted to be able to tell you that we've found a solution. With immediate effect our popular enewsletter is to be released weekly and gets delivered straight to your Inbox. The ...
Ergonomics: the proprioceptive approach
Sep 01, 2008; ... Dr. Wolf Neddermeyer favours the use of proprioceptive principles when it comes to dental ergonomics. "To choose 9 o'clock dentistry is to incur posture problems of 70% according to German statistics," is the view of Dr Neddermeyer. "Hilger and Kerschbaum shows the outcome of 40 years of ...
Does this approach fit our current knowledge?
Sep 01, 2008; ... Professor Oene Hokwerda. a leading world expert in ergonomics and a member of DPREs Editorial Advisory Board, responds to Dr Neddermeyer. "I have known Dr. Neddermeijer for a long time as a very serious colleague, but I have to conclude that he is not well informed about the development ...
VT - All the Essential Information for Implantology
Sep 01, 2008; ... Preoperative dental implant planning using the OP200 D with Volumetric Tomography (VT) The demand for dental implant-supported prosthetic treatments has increased dramatically over the last few years. At the same time, patients' demand for quality is increasing more and more so that ...
Pioneering Prevention
Sep 01, 2008; ... From 24th-27th September Stockholm hopes to open its doors to between 10,000 and 15.000 dentists from across Europe. DPRE is pleased to bring readers a sneak preview of what's on offer at the FDI Annual World Dental Congress. Over 260 companies from the world's dental industry will be ...
President's Message for the Stockholm AWDC 2008
Sep 01, 2008; ... The FDI's president wants dentists to be constantly exposed to new ideas and fresh perspectives and sees the Annual World Dental Congress as the place to do just that! Welcome to the 2008 FDIAWDC "The theme of the 2008 Congress is 'Pioneering Prevention' and we are delighted to ...
FDI Product Showcase
Sep 01, 2008; ... Restorative Dentistry Matrix systems Directa AB is a Swedish manufacturer of innovative and unique dental products. Its products are designed and developed in close cooperation with dentists and manufactured in Sweden. Directa's friendly sales team will be on the FDI ...
Rebuilding and reequipping the dental office: Don't do it yourself!
Sep 01, 2008; ... Dr. Mikael Zimmerman provides key. practical advice on what you need to look out for and why. Planning and equipping a dental office is one of the most difficult tasks for a dentist. The premises are probably going to be used to provide health care for quite a few years and most dentists ...
Osteocentral Anaesthesia
Sep 01, 2008; ... Computer controlled local anaesthesia using Quicksleeper Information provided by Dental Hi Tec, France QuickSleeper is the only CCLADS allowing the dentist to perform the new and most advanced anaesthesia technique in modern dentistry: Osteocentral anaesthesia. The ...
Bacterial resistance 'on the up' in dental clinics
Sep 01, 2008; ... Dr Mohammed Al-Haroni BDS. PhD, is concerned that antibiotic use over time has led to the emergence of infectious bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. "Dentists have the legal right to prescribe from a panel of antibiotics in their practice. It is a fact that attitudes ...
Telling us what you really think
Mar 01, 2008; ... DPREurope has had some interesting feedback from readers this year and we want to hear more! When the FDI launched the Dental Ethics Manual at its 2007 world congress in Dubai, we wondered what real dentists would make of it. So we asked practicing dentists around Europe to read and ...
Maths, science and dental hygiene - new lessons for Portuguese children
Mar 01, 2008; ... PORTUGAL: High school teachers in Portugal have shown their support for a school-based community dental hygiene programme. In a recent study1, teachers evaluated a dental hygiene programme developed as part of a clinical trial designed to assess the safety of low-level mercury exposure from ...
Microscopic diagnosis key in GOC treatment
Mar 01, 2008; ... ISRAEL: There are no clear guidelines for diagnostic criteria and differentiating glandular odontogenic cysts (GOC) from other conditions with similar histological features. Researchers addressed this in a recent study and developed recommendations for the microscopic diagnosis and the treatment ...
Endo research highlights
Mar 01, 2008; ... The role of sealers in root canal failure UK: The polymerization shrinkage behaviour of resin-based root canal sealers may lead to root canal failure, a new study suggests1. Researchers from the School of Dentistry at the University of Manchester, UK* tested two dual core ...
The ethics of dentistry
Mar 01, 2008; ... DPREurope discusses the recently published FDI Ethics Manual with practicing dentists across Europe. The World Dental Federation (FDI) launched a Dental Ethics Manual, sponsored by Johnson and Johnson, at the 2007 World Dental Congress in Dubai. Peter Swiss, chairman of the FDI Ethics ...
Chicken or egg? Periodontitis and kidney disease
Mar 01, 2008; ... USA: Chronic renal disease and periodontitis have a reciprocal effect on each other, according to a systematic review1. Dr Ronald Craig from the Department of Basic Sciences and Craniofacial Biology at New York University explored the interaction between end-stage renal disease (ESRD), renal ...
How many implants retain an overdenture?
Mar 01, 2008; ... NORWAY: Patient satisfaction and prosthetic functioning are not influenced by the number of implants used to secure an overdenture (OD), according to a recent review1. Dr Esa Klemetti from the Institute of Clinical Dentistry at the University of Tromso, Norway, also found that an OD with two ...
Preserve teeth, preserve patients
Mar 01, 2008; ... Dr Torsten Neuber gives an overview of the trends in endodontics and the choices available to general dentists today to achieve high success rates in endodontic cases. In the past 15 years the field of endodontics has experienced a meteoric rise from its former understated position to a ...
Endodontic filling system
Mar 01, 2008; ... Obturation treatment for a wide range of root canal procedures. The CMS Dental Soft-Core endodontic obturator should be used according to the following steps: Mark your working length on your Soft-Core obturator (Figure 1). When the size verifier has a slightly loose fit in the ...
Hypomineralization: the silent threat
Mar 01, 2008; ... The efforts to reduce caries prevalence in childhood have been successful in European countries but every fifth child still has enamel disturbances which seriously threaten their oral heath. Since the late 1970s Swedish dentists have reported an increasing number of children showing ...