Today’s dental-hygiene headlines for hygienists and the offices that hire them —3 stories curated from DrBicuspid (1) and Dentaltown (2). Tap any headline to read the full article at the source.
3D intraoral scanner images found caries around amalgam and composite restorations with up to 99.7% specificity, but sensitivity was 40% for moderate lesions.
Read more on Dentaltown →A deep-learning model grading plaque on disclosed intraoral photos agreed with a calibrated dentist as closely as two examiners did, once thresholds were tuned.
Read more on Dentaltown →CBD and CBG appear to show unprecedented promise in eliminating dual-species biofilms that cause cavities.
Read more on DrBicuspid →Headlines and summaries are aggregated from publicly available feeds; all rights remain with the original publishers. We link directly to each source — visit them for the full article.