	Warminster, PA – September 08, 2010 – OraPharma, Inc., a specialty oral health company dedicated to bringing scientifically and technologically advanced products to the dental community, including ARESTIN

 (minocycline hydrochloride) Microspheres, 1 mg, is continuing its commitment to providing educational support and training to dental and dental hygiene schools by renewing the ARESTIN

 Student Access Program for the fourth consecutive year.

 Student Access Program was implemented in 2007 as the result of discussion and collaboration between OraPharma and the course directors of leading dental and dental hygiene school programs and continues to expand. According to OraPharma’s Professional Educator, Debbie Rosema, RDH, BSDH, “Our continuing mission is to provide educational programming and hands-on training so that dental and dental hygiene students can learn how to appropriately incorporate locally administered antibiotics like ARESTIN

 as part of a comprehensive periodontal disease treatment protocol.”

	Since its inception in 2007, more than 250 dental and dental hygiene schools and over 10,000 dental and dental hygiene students have participated in the ARESTIN

	Enrollment for the 2010-2011 program is still available to all accredited two- or four-year dental and dental hygiene schools as well as periodontal specialty programs that include instruction on the use of ARESTIN

 as part of a comprehensive periodontal treatment protocol. Participating schools will receive the following ARESTIN

	ARESTIN® Trial Kits containing 12 ARESTIN

 cartridges for non-reimbursable clinical use by each participating senior student.

	Faculty Education Kits containing important educational, clinical and patient resources regarding periodontal therapy and ARESTIN

, as well as content for classroom lectures and demonstration product for hands on laboratory use to ensure each student is able to practice placing ARESTIN

 (minocycline hydrochloride) Microspheres, 1 mg, prior to treating patients.

	Student Education Kits including important clinical and patient education resources regarding periodontal therapy and ARESTIN

 handles and the ability to order additional discounted ARESTIN

	In addition, the OraPharma, Inc Professional Affairs Team can provide enhanced support and introduce additional academic programs to dental and hygiene schools. This team will also provide best practices training and education for course directors in schools participating in the ARESTIN

	“We’re very pleased with the increased acceptance and continued success of the ARESTIN

 Student Access Program,” said Dina Weisleder, ARESTIN

 Product Director. “Today’s students represent the next generation of oral health professionals, and it’s important that they have training and experience with the full scope of periodontal disease treatment options when they enter the profession.”

	Dental and dental hygiene school faculty who wish to participate in the ARESTIN

 Student Access Program can get more information and register for the program at 

. If you require more information, please contact Debbie Rosema, RDH, BSDH, Professional Educator at 1-888-553-6010 extension 0627.

OraPharma, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes therapeutics for the treatment of periodontal disease at various phases of progression. ARESTIN

 (minocycline hydrochloride) Microspheres, 1 mg (

) is indicated as an adjunct to scaling and root planing procedures for reduction of pocket depth in patients with adult periodontitis. For more information about OraPharma, Inc. and its products, visit 

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 Warminster, PA – September 08, 2010 – OraPharma, Inc., a specialty oral health company dedicated to bringing scientifically and technologically advanced products to the dental community, including ARESTIN® (minocycline hydrochloride) Microspheres, 1 mg, is continuing its commitment to providing educational support and training to dental and dental hygiene schools by renewing the ARESTIN® Student Access Program for the fourth consecutive year.

OraPharma renews ARESTIN Student Access Program

	September 28, 2010, Sun Prairie, Wis.-Exploring Transitions, LLC announces a third in their series of books for the dental and dental hygiene market. The Purple Guide: Paper Persona the newest installment in the series of books to support dental hygienists.

	“Dental hygienists with over a decade of experience where having trouble finding jobs. When I looked at their resumes, I was pained because they listed processes and procedures that a third semester dental hygiene student was proficient in, so I decided a book would be helpful for those hygienists.” Co-author Shirley Gutkowski reveals. The Purple Guide: Paper Persona is a career guide mapped out into five year segments covering resumes, curriculum vitae (CV), and portfolios; the three main paper components in any professional’s  life.

	Dr. Heidi Emmerling, RDH, co-author of Paper Persona is a specialist in the paper documents of dental hygiene. She is currently the interim director of the dental hygiene program at Sacramento City College, and popular author of professional and consumer articles. “As we were writing the book, it became very obvious that we needed to provide a workbook so people could have some instruction on how to gather the data necessary for portfolios and CV in particular. So we wrote two books at once.” The Purple Guide: Paper Persona Workbook is due out later in 2010.

	Any of the books in the series can be purchased online at 

. They can also be purchased at any of the live programs presented by either author across the country. Special pricing is available for larger orders.

   September 28, 2010, Sun Prairie, Wis.-Exploring Transitions, LLC announces a third in their series of books for the dental and dental hygiene market. The Purple Guide: Paper Persona the newest installment in the series of books to support dental hygienists.

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OraPharma renews ARESTIN Student Access Program

Career guide for hygienists published