Holistic dental school admissions; Mathews on adult Medicaid; Hall technique study

Dear DrBicuspid Member,

As part of an ongoing evolution in dental school admissions, the American Dental Educational Association has been one of the champions of a concept known as holistic review of dental school applicants. Dr. Richard Valachovic discussed the benefits of this process for dental schools with DrBicuspid.com.

In this Second Opinion, Rebekah Mathews, the regional director of DentaQuest South Carolina, examines the issues surrounding the far-too-frequent lack of adult dental care for many Medicaid programs and the benefits of South Carolina's recently enacted legislation for adult preventive dental care.

Stainless steel crowns placed using either a traditional preparation or the Hall technique have high and similar rates of survival, according to a new comparative U.S. study in the Journal of the American Dental Association. Read more here.

Use of intravenous sedation for dental patients is on the rise, and a new Japanese study of more than 2,000 patients found that midazolam plus propofol was the chosen agent for treatment in most cases. Learn more here.

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While we offer 10 topics, ranging from practice management to restoratives, are there areas you'd like to see us focus us? I'd love to hear your ideas.