BETHESDA, Maryland – For the first time, scientists have re-created a unique human bone disease in a laboratory animal model. An international team of researchers at the National Institutes of Health and in Italy were able to remove cells from the bone marrow of patients with a genetic bone disorder, transplant the cells into mice, and grow human bone with the same type of abnormalities seen in the patients.

NYU College of Dentistry Dean Edward G. Kaufman has received the Dr. Herbert L. Taub Distinguished Service Award for outstanding contributions to the dental profession. The award was presented to Dean Kaufman by Dr. John Iacono, Chair of the Nassau County Dental Society (NCDS) Awards Committee, at the Society's Annual Installation.

MELVILLE, New York - Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 27, 1997, compared to restated results for 1996.

TOTONTO, Ontario – Almost one year to the day of the initial announcement, the lawyers representing Canadians For Mercury Relief today CONFIRMED that they are ready and that the long awaited lawsuit pertaining to use of "Dental Mercury Amalgam" in Canada will be filed on March 31.

ROCHESTER, New York – Basil Glover Bibby, Ph.D., D.M.D., former director of the University of Rochester’s Eastman Dental Center (EDC), died on February 4, 1998, at the age of 93.

CHICAGO, Illinois – The perceived danger in sports forms parents' views toward mouthguards more than the actual risk of injury, according to a recent survey. Parents tend to encourage mouthguards only if their child participates in sports that require mouthguards (like football, hockey or wrestling) or if their child has suffered an oral injury during sports. The results of the survey, published in the December 1997 issue of Pediatric Dentistry, the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, evaluated parental attitudes to find out why so few parents encourage their children to use mouthguards in sports.

CARLSBAD, California – Sulzer Calcitek Inc., the dental implant company of Sulzer Medica, has begun a limited market evaluation of its Spline CSTi dental implant, an innovative new dental implant design. The Spline CSTi implant design is a result of the combined efforts of Sulzer Calcitek and Sulzer Orthopedics Inc., the Austin, Texas-based reconstructive orthopedic business of Sulzer Medica.

CHICAGO, Illinois – A recent survey of pediatricians and family practitioners shows that physicians who received little or no preventive oral education had less relevant oral knowledge and felt less confident about their overall dental knowledge than those who received some oral education. In the September/October issue of Pediatric Dentistry, the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, Olga M. Sánchez, DMD, MS, et al., reports that 82 percent of physicians perform oral examinations during pediatric physical exams, but the lack of information physicians receive during medical training may actually limit patient access to preventive oral health.

ROCHESTER, New York – With the affiliation of the Eastman Dental Center with the University of Rochester Medical Center on July 1, 1997, the resources and energies of EDC and URMC are now combined into one organization dedicated to becoming the foremost institution worldwide for oral health care, dental post-graduate education, and dental research.

CARLSBAD, California – Sulzer Calcitek Inc., a leading provider of dental implants and oral rehabilitation products, now offers dental clinicians more choices than ever, with the introduction of Spline Twist Ti™ and Spline Twist MTX™ self-tapping implants. These new members of the Spline dental implant family offer new implant design and surface options, in addition to the precision fit and high strength of the patented interface.