Dental Plan Comparison

A TOOTH POLISH (Daily Record)
A SCOT with bad teeth is importing a team of Poles to ease the NHS dental crisis. Dave Llewellyn plans to open surgeries in Dundee, Perth and Glenrothes.

Dentists report on new computerized tomography systems (EurekAlert!)
The technology generates a wide range of images of the head, teeth and airways in under one minute, reducing radiation exposure to 20 % of convention CT imaging systems.

Bone quality regulator identified - possible target for preventing and treating bone fractures (News-Medical-Net)
University of California - San Francisco (UCSF) scientists have determined that the quality of bone matrix, a key component of bone, is regulated by a molecule known as transforming growth factor beta.

Bone Quality Regulator Identified, Suggests Drug Target (Science Daily)
UCSF scientists have determined that the quality of bone matrix, a key component of bone, is regulated by a molecule known as transforming growth factor beta. The finding, they say, suggests a possible target for preventing and treating bone fractures associated with aging and genetic diseases.

Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. Reports 17.0% Increase in Net Sales for Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2005 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of a broad range of value-added products for the dental profession, including the specialty markets of orthodontics, endodontics and implantology, announced today its financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2005.

Nobel Biocare's Teeth-in-an-Hour(TM) Dental Implant Procedure Featured on ABC's Good Morning America (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
YORBA LINDA, Calif.----Dec. 14, 2005--Nobel Biocare, the world leader in innovative esthetic dental solutions, announces its revolutionary Teeth-in-an-Hour dental implant procedure was featured this morning in a segment on ABC's Good Morning America.

Zimmer Holdings Announces New Organization Structure (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. , a leader in the orthopaedics industry, announced a new organization structure today.

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Imagine a world without dentures... (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
The number of people over 60 who need dentures is falling, and new medical inventions like dental implants may replace dentures.

New Biomimetic Process Used To Grow Artificial Bone For Better Implants And Prosthetics (Medical News Today)
Biomimetic processes mimic the bodies own bone formation and deposition processes. The biomimetic process can be used impart bioactive characteristics onto otherwise bioinert biocompatible materials through the deposition of a bone-like apatite layer.

outlook (Outlook India)
The changing lifestyle, including heavy use of tobacco, processed and fast food including chocolates and lack of oral hygeine have made over 90 per cent of the country's population vulnerable to gum diseases and they are looking for solutions, says Mumbai-based Dental Surgeon Vijay J Salvi.

Updates, advisories and surprises (Investors.com)
Sybron Dental quarterly profit rises (8:02 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Sybron Dental Specialties Inc.( SYD )Monday evening reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $21.5 million, or 52 cents a share, vs. $16.1 million, or 40 cents a share, in the year-ago period.

Tutogen Medical, Inc. Reports Year-end Fiscal 2005 Financial Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tutogen Medical, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of sterile biological implant products made from human and animal tissue, today announced financial results for the fiscal year and fourth quarter ended September 30, 2005.

Gold's potential as a cancer treatment and for mending arthritic lions (Mineweb)
LONDON (Mineweb.com) -- At the Euromoney Gold Investment Summit in London last week, Dr. Richard Holliday, Head of industrial applications at the World Gold Council gave a paper on the industrial and commercial uses of gold, commenting at the outset that this area doesn t get too much attention.

Elmwood Dental Restoration and Implant Center Announces 2006 Implant Seminar Schedule (PR Web)
Elmwood Dental Restoration and Implant Center has announced the dates for its free Dental Implant Seminars for 2006. [PRWEB Dec 6, 2005]

Pay Rs 200 and smile like Aishwarya Rai (Express India)
Acquiring the smile of your favourite film star, may take you less than 30 minutes and cost you as little as Rs 200.

Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. Reports 17.0% Increase in Net Sales for Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2005 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of a broad range of value-added products for the dental profession, including the specialty markets of orthodontics, endodontics and implantology, announced today its financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2005.

BioLok International Establishes User Advisory Board to Be Led by Well Known Periodontist Dr. Cary Shapoff (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
BioLok International Inc. , the manufacturer and worldwide distributor of leading-edge dental implant technology, today announced the formation of a User Advisory Board to evaluate current and future uses and applications for the Company's dental implant parts and systems as well as complementary products.

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outlook (Outlook India)
The changing lifestyle, including heavy use of tobacco, processed and fast food including chocolates and lack of oral hygeine have made over 90 per cent of the country's population vulnerable to gum diseases and they are looking for solutions, says Mumbai-based Dental Surgeon Vijay J Salvi.

BioLok International Establishes User Advisory Board to Be Led by Well Known Periodontist Dr. Cary Shapoff (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
BioLok International Inc. , the manufacturer and worldwide distributor of leading-edge dental implant technology, today announced the formation of a User Advisory Board to evaluate current and future uses and applications for the Company's dental implant parts and systems as well as complementary products.

Tutogen Medical, Inc. to Report Fourth Quarter and Fiscal-Year 2005 Financial Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tutogen Medical, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of sterile biological implant products made from human and animal tissue, will report financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal-year 2005 ended September 30, 2005 on Monday December 12, 2005.

New Biomimetic Process Used To Grow Artificial Bone For Better Implants And Prosthetics (Medical News Today)
Biomimetic processes mimic the bodies own bone formation and deposition processes. The biomimetic process can be used impart bioactive characteristics onto otherwise bioinert biocompatible materials through the deposition of a bone-like apatite layer.

Imagine a world without dentures... (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
The number of people over 60 who need dentures is falling, and new medical inventions like dental implants may replace dentures.

Elmwood Dental Restoration and Implant Center Announces 2006 Implant Seminar Schedule (PR Web)
Elmwood Dental Restoration and Implant Center has announced the dates for its free Dental Implant Seminars for 2006. [PRWEB Dec 6, 2005]

DENTSPLY International Inc. Provides Update on Pharmaceutical Business (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
YORK, Pa.----Dec. 1, 2005--DENTSPLY International Inc. today announced that, as a result of its continuing evaluation of the actions necessary to address the items raised in the FDA's pre-approval inspection of its sterile filling plant outside Chicago , the Company has suspended production of products at the plant for the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand markets.

Pay Rs 200 and smile like Aishwarya Rai (Express India)
Acquiring the smile of your favourite film star, may take you less than 30 minutes and cost you as little as Rs 200.

Sink your teeth into a top job (Independent Online)
Oral hygienists are skilled professionals who undergo rigorous training in a variety of techniques to help prevent and cure gum disease and prevent cavities.

Innovative clipping mechanism revolutionizes dental implant technology (Medical News Today)
The screwless dental implant system that connects implant and suprastructure with a novel clipping mechanism has been recognized with a major award: Its designer - Prof. Dr. Manfred Peters, head of Division 1, Mechanics and Acoustics at Germany's Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, the national metrology institute providing scientific and technical services - has won the Braunschweig Chamber

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