The American Dental Association (ADA) today asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish appropriate classifications for tooth-whitening chemicals. (more…)
Hard Economic Times Affect Patients, Dentists–and the Tooth Fairy
Topline Findings from a Survey of More Than 300 Dentists
In preparation for the Chicago Dental Society’s 144th annual Midwinter Meeting, which will draw more than 30,000 dental professionals to Chicago this February, society members were asked about oral care tips, current trends, their personal dental habits, and more. More than 300 of the society’s member dentists responded to the fall 2008 survey. (more…)
Jewish activist battle for Israel on Facebook
A Jewish activist has rallied thousands of virtual troops to go after the Jew-haters and terrorist-sympathizers of Facebook – with great success. Enough was enough. The Facebook groups praising the murderer of the eight yeshiva boys at Jerusalem’s Mercaz Harav last month was the last straw for David Appletree on the social networking web site. (more…)
Hundreds of Facebook Groups Hacked
(Update UTC 2100: I’ve received a reply from Erik Hjort af Ornäs, the registrar of the site itself, and have included his statement below and in the comments, as well as that of Facebook. Both deny any hacking took place) (more…)
StudiVZ and Facebook – Huge Data Leak(s)
This morning Don Alphonso reported that StudiVZ has a huge data leak – which seems to be the next big problem in the StudiVZ history.
The images are saved on a different server and have public access – despite the StudiVZ announcement that data privacy is ensured. (more…)
Dental DVDs at Center of Toothy Lawsuit
Ordinarily, lawyers like to talk about lawsuits having teeth. A recent copyright case filed in Virginia federal court, however, seems to actually be about them. The dispute centers on millions of dollars’ worth of continuing dental education DVDs marketed by Spear Education. 
William Cooksey Jr., a retired travel agent from Fairfax, Va., filed suit on Nov. 10 against the company’s founder, Frank Spear, claiming that the dentist-turned entrepreneur had violated his copyrights by selling the DVDs without his permission.The complaint is a bit light on details, but in an interview Cooksey’s lawyer, Vincent Amberly of Fairfax, explained his client’s version of the situation. According to Amberly, Cooksey and Spear began working together several years ago to arrange large dental conferences. In 2004, Cooksey began producing, compiling and editing DVDs to use at the events. The last of them was completed in 2008. more
FACEBOOK THROWS LAWYERS AT FAN SELLER
After recently winning a landmark $711 million in a recent spam lawsuit, Facebook has now thrown the might of their lawyers at someone else who they claim is illegally making use of their site. (more…)
Teeth grinders are in for a shock
Mild electric shocks are used to deter teeth grinding
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Patients complaining of grinding their teeth in their sleep are being given mild electric shock treatment. (more…)
