Dental Surgical Equipment Market to Reach $4.9 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) November 11, 2008 -- Capital equipment used in dentistry is extremely durable and are therefore purchased less frequently by professionals, as a result of which changes are...

Biofilm Research: Center for Biofilm Engineering Conference Proceedings 2/14/2007

The Montana Center for Biofilm Engineering Technical Advisory Conference proceedings include speaker and poster abstracts from their annual meeting. Session 1: Medical/Oral Biofilms Session 2: Biofilm Ecology Session 3: Biofilm Methods Session 4: Regulatory Session Session 5 …

Lab-grown Replacement Teeth Fill the Gap

Here's something to smile about: a Japanese team has successfully grown replacement teeth and implanted them into the mouths of adult mice, suggesting that a similar technique could replace missing teeth in humans.

Synchrotron Reveals How Neanderthal Teeth Grew

Scientists from the United Kingdom, France and Italy have studied teeth from Neanderthals (info) with X-rays from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). They found that the dental development of Neanderthals is very similar to modern humans.

Tooth decay on the increase in teens

Soft drinks, sports drinks and juice are being blamed for a dramatic rise in tooth decay among teenagers.Figures released by the Australian Centre for Oral Health (ACOH) show decay increased by 71 per cent in 14 and 15-year-olds over a six-year period.