Study supports partial caries removal; airport dentist has seen it all

Dear DrBicuspid Member,

While there is evidence to support partial caries removal and sealing, what method works best and is the most cost-effective? German researchers created a model to compare the performance and cost-effectiveness of one- and two-step partial excavations and complete caries excavation. And they say their results can be applied to other healthcare systems worldwide.

Click here to read more in this latest Restoratives Community feature.

Meanwhile, over in the Practice Management Community, Features Editor Donna Domino recently spoke with a New York dentist who holds one of the more interesting jobs we've come across: running the dental clinics at New York's JFK and La Guardia airports. From mujahedeen fighters wearing beards and turbans and illegal immigrants from all over the world trying to gain entry into the U.S. to drug dealers, prostitutes, United Nations ambassadors, and National Guard soldiers carrying automatic weapons, Dr. Robert Trager has seen it all -- and then some. Read more.

Finally, oral cancer survivor Eva Grayzel went undiagnosed for many years, despite going to multiple practitioners with concerns about a painful lesion in her mouth. In a moving presentation at the recent California Dental Association fall session that had the audience on its feet cheering by the end, Grayzel shared her story and the emotional journey she and her young family survived.