Roseman University’s College of Dental Medicine in Henderson, NV, has graduated its first class to be fully trained on the Bioclear Method for dental restoration. The college was the first in the U.S. to incorporate the Bioclear Method into its curriculum, Bioclear said. The approach was introduced in 2007 by David Clark, DDS, and offers a new way to practice restorative dentistry, particularly anterior and posterior composite resin restorations. Traditionally,

Cone-beam CT (CBCT) helped identify a rare case of a dental implant moving into a man’s right ethmoidal sinus in a recent case report, published online on May 27 in Heliyon. An anatomical variant likely prevented him from showing signs of sinusitis related to the dislocated implant. The variant of a bilateral accessory maxillary ostium may have provided an additional way for mucus to drain in the maxillary sinus, allowing

As my dental practice in upstate New York waits for the green light to return to a full patient load, I am seeing dentists and dental team members around the country implementing rubber dams more and more in an attempt to minimize aerosols. Rubber dam usage is just part of what the ADA’s recent guidance suggests for all dental practices. I applaud those efforts, and I know that I will

The American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID) has created a checklist to help all types of dental patients prepare for their next appointment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The resource, “What to Expect: Going to the Dentist After the Stay-at-Home Order is Lifted,” outlines what safety measures and preventive protocols patients can expect when dentist offices reopen. It was created by AAID dentists who own practices and have taken extra protections

Clinicians preserved a patient’s split tooth using a nonsurgical technique that included widening and sealing the fracture gap with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) and composite, according to a case report published online on May 3 in the Journal of Endodontics. Three years of follow-up showed the successful treatment of the patient’s first maxillary premolar, which had a fracture in the mesiodistal direction, the authors wrote in the case report/clinical technique

An uncommon 4 x 2.5-cm tumor was removed from a man’s hard palate, marking only the fourth documented case of an osteolipoma discovered in this area of the mouth, according to the authors of a case report published May 15 in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science. Given the extremely rare occurrence of these tumors, they remain unrecognized by clinicians, creating diagnostic problems. “Osteolipoma should be included as one of

An oral surgeon in New York is offering one college student free wisdom teeth removal to help offset college expenses and support higher education goals, according to an article on NNY360.com. Under his Wisdom for Wisdom initiative, Logan Curtis, DDS, of Upstate Oral Surgery & Dental Implants will accept applications through June 18 from students who live in or around the Watertown community. Applicants will watch a video about the