Researchers at the Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU) School of Dentistry have received a $7.4 million, eight-year grant from the National Institutes of Health
Researchers at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California have created a bifunctional peptide film that can be repeatedly applied
Your dental unit waterlines are very likely contaminated. As discussed previously, dental unit waterline problems result mainly from how water is used in the operatory
Numerous studies have shown that problems with oral health are strong co-indicators of other serious diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Now, a
Overall healthcare has relied on protein drugs such as insulin, which are derived from biological sources, for decades. Yet dental medicine has not employed them
The decay-causing bacteria that live in dental plaque “hide” in a glue-like polymer scaffold. Embedded in this sticky biofilm matrix, this bacteria then can resist
Antimicrobial agents have spared millions of patients from illness and death caused by infection. But due to the wide use of these medications, some of
CuRE Innovations LLC, a startup founded to develop dental materials invented by faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), will use a $211,111
Bacteria that resist antibiotics are a growing danger, prompting researchers to investigate alternative methods for fighting disease. For example, the Perio Tray from Perio Protect
Plaque accumulates around the rough surfaces of retainers, and enamel demineralization may follow. According to research from the Hamadan University of Medical Sciences in Iran,
Dentists complete 122 million composite tooth restorations in the United States each year, according to Oregon State University (OSU). But the average lifetime of posterior
