Author: Staff

The American Dental Association is looking for volunteers to join its new standards working group on teledentistry, the organization said Dec. 1.

Retired dentist Selma Pierce, DDS, died Dec. 1 after being struck by a car in Salem, Ore., The Oregonian reported.

As with any service-oriented business, dental practices sometimes treat patients who behave in a hostile or abusive manner.

From dentists warning patients about another dental TikTok trend to the Nevada Dental Association's president advocating for greater financial support for dental practices amid the pandemic, here are the dentists making headlines in the past week.

Some COVID-19 survivors have reported losing teeth with neither blood nor pain, according to a Nov. 26 New York Times report.

Dentists are encouraging young people to do their research before acting on a new TikTok trend in which young influencers get their teeth shaved down to short pegs and fitted with crowns.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee laid out new COVID-19 infection control requirements for dental and healthcare facilities in a proclamation that goes into effect Dec. 3.

Two oral rinses and one sedative administered by dentists were recalled in 2020, according to the FDA.

Steven Lepowsky, DDS, was appointed to a five-year term as the dean of the Farmington-based University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine.

The efficiency and convenience offered through teledentistry services is something patients will continue to seek long after the pandemic ends, according to Brant Herman, co-founder and CEO of Metuchen, N.J.-based teledentistry company MouthWatch.