Dental Tribune South African Edition

8 International News Dental Tribune South African Edition - August 2013 by Dental Tribune International GUILDFORD – A group of 35 drummers have participated in a drummathon to raise money for dental charities in the UK. The musicians played for a total of 70 hours and managed to break the Guinness World Record for the Longest Marathon Drumming by a Team. The donations will support projects of the British Dental Health Foundation, Heart Your Smile and Bridge2Aid. To break the current world record, each drummer played for two hours continuously between 12 p.m. on 10 July and 10 a.m. on 13 July at the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) in Guildford. The aim was to beat the existing world record of 66 hours Musicians drum for dental charities, break world record set in Coventry four years ago by at least four hours. In addition, the participants aimed to raise funds for well-known British dental charities. “I'm so excited to bring together my two passions—drumming and dentistry. We'll be supporting the Clean My Teeth campaign and raising money for the British Dental Health Foundation, Heart Your Smile and Bridge2Aid,” oral health campaigner and drummathon organiser Ian Aguado-Bush said before the event. “The British Dental Health Foundation does an amazing job of improving oral health. The Clean My Teeth campaign aims to improve the oral health of one million children around the world. We aim to do this by educating people, and that's exactly what the Foundation does. Raising money for them was an easy choice, and I hope to raise as much money as I can.” Chief Executive of the Foundation, Dr Nigel Carter, OBE, said: “Ian has done an amazing job organising the event. I'd also like to thank everyone raising money for the Foundation. Their support is invaluable.” Not only did the drummers break the world record, they also received many donations. “From start to finish, it has been emotional and I can’t get over the amount of support I have had from both ACM, their students, staff and tutors, and my friends. We have raised a lot of money for the three charities involved, which will enable them to continue their great work,” Aguado-Bush stated. DT Oral health campaigner Ian Aguado-Bush organised the drummathon to raise money for a good cause. (Photo courtesy of The Academy of Contemporary Music) The developers of the needle-free system believe that more people who are needle- phobic would visit the dentist if a nasal dental anesthetic spray was used. (Photo: Dmitry Kalinovsky/Shutterstock) by Dental Tribune International BUFFALO, N.Y., USA: Scientists at the University at Buffalo have tested the efficacy, safety and tolerability of a nasal anesthetic spray in maxillary teeth. They hope that the spray could replace dental anesthesia using needles in the future, helping millions of patients suffering from dentophobia. In a study of 45 healthy adults aged 18 and over who required restoration of one maxillary tooth, 30 individuals were selected to receive a nasal spray and 15 received a lidocaine injection. The researchers observed that the nasal spray was as effective as the standard anesthetic because 83 percent of the patients did not require any further anesthetic. The nasal dental anesthetic spray, called Kovacaine Mist, is a needle-free system that was developed by St. Renatus, a Colorado-based research company. It was designed to be administered through the nasal cavity for use in hard-tissue procedures, such as fillings and crown preparation. Unlike conventional injections, it is sprayed into the nasal cavity and anesthetizes only the upper teeth and not the patient's lips and face, according to the company. However, pivotal trials are warranted to validate the findings of this study in an expanded patient population, the scientists concluded. The spray is currently been tested at the University of Maryland and the University of Pennsylvania, among other institutions. The study, titled "Safety and Efficacy of a Novel Nasal Spray for Maxillary Dental Anesthesia," was published in the July issue of the Journal of Dental Research. Nasal spray may replace conventional dental anesthesia