ADA Applauds FTC for Delaying Red Flags Rule Enforcement

Dear Colleagues, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued another 90-day delay in the enforcement of its Red Flags Rule, which would have gone into effect Aug. 1. The FTC announced the delay, until Nov. 1, 2009, on its Web site today.

FDA Reaffirms Amalgam Safety

After years of careful investigation and the review of some 200 scientific studies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today reaffirmed its view that dental amalgam is a safe, effective material for use in dental restorations. The FDA ruling classifies encapsulated amalgam as a class II medical device, which places it in the same class as gold and composite fillings. The ADA has supported a class II designation for amalgam since the FDA first proposed it in 2002.

FDA says mercury dental fillings not harmful

* Agency: no causal link between fillings, risks

* Fillings to carry warnings, benefit/risk details – FDA

* Consumer advocates disappointed; file new petition (Adds FDA, advocates, industry comments, share prices)

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IADR-CED with NOF & ID, Munich, Germany, September 9-12, 2009

IADR-CED with NOF & ID, Munich, Germany, September 9-12, 2009

Late Breaking News Abstracts

Deadline: 31st July 2009, “Poster presentation” only.

Submission directly to abstract@dent.med.uni-muenchen.de

Army dentist at Landstuhl tangled in red tape over resignation

‘It all just makes you want to scream’

By Steve Mraz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Sunday, July 12, 2009

Steve Mraz / S&S

Army Capt. Tina Mahuika, a dentist with Landstuhl’s 464th Medical Company, remains tangled in a web of red tape while her third and latest resignation request makes its way through the Army bureaucracy. 

Are You the Dentist They’ll Choose?

Are You the Dentist They’ll Choose?

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 11:33 AM PDT

In Living Magazine this month (July 2009, p 36), an article ran entitled “Need a Dentist? Who You Gonna Call?” by Mimi Greenwood Knight. Now, you know that your target audience is women. They’re the ones who choose the family dentist. What is this women’s magazine saying to your target audience?

Is Obesity an Oral Bacterial Disease?

A scientific team from The Forsyth Institute has discovered new links between certain oral bacteria and obesity. In a recent study, the researchers demonstrated that the salivary bacterial composition of overweight women differs from non-overweight women. This preliminary work may provide clues to interactions between oral bacteria and the pathology of obesity. This research may help investigators learn new avenues for fighting the obesity epidemic.

Medical Tourists Are Saving Thousands of Pounds on Medical Costs by Travelling Abroad for Treatment

Treatment Abroad, the UK’s leading online health information guide for medical tourists has just released its 2009 Treatment Abroad PriceWatch survey. This study of prices available to medical travellers across 180 clinics and medical tourism operators in 39 countries reveals that patients can make savings of over 80% on some common medical treatments.

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