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Vol.VI No.6 - June 2010
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Cover Story

Dental Infection Control and Technology

Eve J. Cuny, RDA, MS

The advancement of technology and science in dentistry over the past two decades is astounding. Lasers, microscopes, intraoral imaging, digital radiology, computerized clinic management systems, computer-controlled local anesthetic systems, chairside porcelain milling, and digital impression technologies are just a sampling of the advances realized in recent years. The benefits to patients and the profession from these technological developments are vast.

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In The News
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Featured Product
Hu-Friedy and Pelton & Crane Announce a New Distribution Strategy for Waterline Treatment Products

Hu-Friedy and Pelton & Crane announce a new strategy for addressing infection control in dental waterlines. In order to expand awareness and knowledge of dental waterline cleanliness, Hu-Friedy will be the exclusive distributor of Vista Research Group consumables and Pelton & Crane will be the exclusive distributor of Vista-branded waterline equipment.

CDA Express Bur Kit – Keeping Things Simple for Assistants
KOMET USA has introduced their first bur kit designed for dental assistants by a dental assistant.

The CDA Express Bur Kit (TD 2103) was developed in conjunction with Tina Calloway, CDA, of Greensboro, NC, to “keep things simple” while working on provisional temporaries.  A “Christmas Tree” acrylic bur is included so assistants can reach the margins better.  A flexible honeycomb/swirl diamond disc helps assistants trim and shape the interproximal areas; and helps assistants accomplish a feathering technique (thinning the acrylic material in specific areas).

Revolutionary VytexTM Natural Rubber Latex Developed to Help Allergy Sufferers
VytexTM Natural Rubber Latex (NRL), a patented specialty chemical that virtually eliminates allergy-causing proteins found in latex, could prevent allergies from developing.

MacDent Pro—the Definitive Macintosh-Based Dental Practice Management Software

DDSMac (the developers of MacDent Pro) is proud to have unveiled, at the Chicago Mid-Winter meeting, the full release MacDent Pro, your definitive Macintosh based Dental Practice Management software. 


Industry News
Victoria L. Wallace, CDA, RDA to Lecture at the ADA's 150th Anniversary Conference
Victoria L. Wallace, a past recipient of the ADAA/Sullivan-Schein District Award of Excellence and ADAA Journal Award, returns as a lecturer at the 150th Annual ADA Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii next month.

OSAP Offers Swine Flu Resources for Dental Professionals
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has determined that the swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is contagious and is spreading from human to human, although at this time it is not known how easily the virus spreads between people.

Air Force Dental Assistants Take DANB's ICE Exam
The Dental Assisting National Board, Inc. (DANB) and the Air Force Dental Service (AFDS) are underway in their collaboration on the administration of DANB's Infection Control (ICE) exam.

 



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