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  Green Bay, Wis.-based Bay Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery renamed itself Bay Oral Surgery & Implant Center, according to a Green Bay Press Gazette report.

Tampa, Fla.-based Coast Dental opened Coast Dental Jacksonville (Fla.).

Strong internal controls in a dental practice act as a firewall against embezzlement, according to a Dentistry IQ article.

Altarum Institute, a research and consulting company that aims at improving healthcare, received an award of $9.4 million from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to reduce the burden of childhood dental disease in Michigan.

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, one of the most widely used drugs for the treatment of depression, was associated with an increased risk of dental implants failure, according to a study published by the International and American Associations for Dental Research…

Mouse models of human oral cancer were treated with an agent called capsazepine, which showed tumor shrinkage without damage to surrounding tissues, according to a study published in Oral Oncology.

Sleep Group Solutions' Dental Sleep Medicine Program is offering continuing education lectures on the dental treatment of snoring and sleep apnea in cities, including Las Vegas, Chicago, Atlanta and Boston.

Dental practices looking to grow their patient base through the use of social media need to stop thinking like marketers and start thinking like patients, according to a DentalTown Magazine article.

The Academy of General Dentistry's House of Delegates approved a resolution to create an international membership category.

PDI introduced the Prevantics Device Swab after receiving market authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for disinfecting needleless access sites prior to use on ports and hubs.