Dental instruments and products company Hu-Friedy launched its Ortho Step Pliers, which aim to make it easier for clinicians to create z-bends in arch wire, according to a release.
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During their 159th annual session, the Michigan Dental Association held a board election, electing a new president-elect, new Board of Trustees members and more, according to The Oakland Press.
As numbers of patients administered opioids has been on the rise for the better part of a decade, the Pennsylvania departments of Drug and Alcohol Programs and Health released dental prescribing guidelines to address the use of opioids for…
A recent consumer survey focused on patient attitudes, knowledge and beliefs about dental care for children and dental infection control concluded the importance of continued messaging on establishing a dentist-patient relationship for children by one year of age will be…
For the fifth year, The Northeast Delta Dental Foundation has given an $8,500 grant to the University of Vermont Dental and Oral Health Residency Program.
The American Dental Association, American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and Leavitt Partners published a study examining five accountable care organizations that have integrated oral health services in their delivery model.
Jayanth V. Kumar, DDS, MPH will serve as California's new state dental director. The announcement, made by Gov. Jerry Brown, comes after years of the California Dental Association advocating for a state dental director.
A recent Journal of the American Dental Association study found that although oral human papillomavirus is a "serious concern," researchers found periodontitis was not related to HPV presence in oral rinse specimens.
Although traditional crowns and crown fittings can take weeks and multiple trips by the patient to the dentist, CAD/CAM, 3-D video imaging technology, offers a faster approach for dentists to create dental restorations, reports Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Tarah M. Gerner, DDS, rejoined Sunnyslope Dental Care in New Berlin, Wis.