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A review of hepatitis transmission and manufacturers’ suggestions for decontamination of dental handpieces are given.

The article previews several dental equipment including the Isolite Systems high-tech illuminatioin, soft-tissue retraction and airway protection system, the ProRoot MTA mineral trioxide aggregate from Dentsply and the ZR zirconia crown from NuSmile.

The article discusses pedonomics, the new economics of pediatric dentistry in the U.S. Topics include the leading childhood diseases is dental caries, the percentage of practicing dentists of whom are general dentists, and aspects of using Pedonomics in the practice and treat children according to a Time Economics Model.

The author discusses pedonomics, the financial impact of treating children in a dental practice, focusing on its importance of time management in reducing variable expenses. He mentions the importance of maintaining fixed expenses in increasing profitability and highlights factors associated with waste time in dentistry, which include the lack of estbalished time target for routine pediatric dental procedures and its lack of use in scheduling patients for the procedures.

The article discusses the use of sedation in dental practice. It mentions that sedation is commonly used for a wide variety of procedures from imaging to surgery. It outlines some organizations that teach sedation including American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the American Society for Dental Anesthesia and DOCS Education.

The article discussed how Generation Y parents make health-care decisions. It mentioned that Gen Yers must be targeted in the marketing of game-changing technology in pediatric dentistry and there are multiple sources by which Gen Y parents are heavily influenced including online research and reviews, social networking, personal relationships.

This article focuses on clinical and business practices in pediatric dentistry. Topics discussed include strategic marketing, sales, and equipment metrics in dentistry business to benefit customer satisfaction, keeping dental supplies, and patient payment policies. Also discusses the revenue generation through third-party entity.

In this article, the authors discuss aspects of the pediatric sedation dentistry training for general practitioners (GPs). The authors state that an important workforce issue is observed in medicine in terms of dealing with dental care needs of the children particularly those with uncontrollable behavior issues. The authors say that training general dentists for pediatric sedation and clinical pediatric dentistry could enable the practitioners to become more prepared in treating the children.

The article focuses on the selling of pediatric dental treatment to parents, the difficulty faced in convincing parets to buy dental treatment and the imporatnce of dental trade magazines.

The article discloses the recent developments in pediatric dentistry all over the U.S. According to the U.S. census statistics, the number of people living in the country aged below 18 years will exceed 80 million by 2020, which affects services that handle tooth decay. Handling tooth decay of several children can be done through advanced resorative and pulpal technology while implementing modern pharmocodynamic therapy to enhance productivity and value of a dental service.

After decades of advances in preventive technology, the caries rate is once again on the rise in preschool children, especially among those from lower and middle socioeconomic backgrounds. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 4 million preschoolers are affected by dental caries, a jump of 600,000 in 10 years. Will this trend continue, and will these same children incur even more caries as they grow older? Today an estimated 80% of all American adolescents have tooth decay by the age of 17. An estimated 51 million school hours are lost each year due to poor oral health. And dental-related emergencies often constitute the first "dental visit" for 25% of pediatric patients seen in a children's hospital. Unfortunately, the rising demand that the caries epidemic is causing for pediatric care is being outpaced by a small number of practitioners specially qualified to treat this population. Out of approximately 183,000 active licensed dentists in the country, less than 3% -- only about 5,000 -- are pediatric dentists. To meet this demand, it will be incumbent on all general practitioners to have a solid understanding and comfort level with the unique challenges that treating pediatric patients can present. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]