Dr. Jonathan Shenkin receives Fulbright award

2015-01-12

Maine pediatric dentist Jonathan Shenkin, DDS, MPH, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar Grant to improve oral health in Belarus. Dr. Shenkin is a clinical associate

Delta Dental of Minn. gives $300K to America’s ToothFairy

2015-01-12

The Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation has awarded a two-year $300,000 grant to National Children’s Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF): America’s ToothFairy to support oral health

GKAS event to offer free dental care for Minn. kids in Feb.

2015-01-06

Free dental care will be available for up to 6,000 Minnesota children at more than 200 dental offices across the state on February 6 and

CDHP to begin kids’ oral health projects

2015-01-05

The Children’s Dental Health Project (CDHP) is slated to begin two new projects that will strengthen how oral healthcare is delivered to better meet parents’

FDA’s reclassification of SDF as a fluoride could mean new treatment options

2014-12-25

The Oregon Board of Dentistry’s resolution to allow dental auxiliaries to apply silver diamine fluoride (SDF), which followed the recent classification of SDF as a

Selecta Biosciences gets $3.2M grant to develop immunotherapy

2014-12-23

Selecta Biosciences has received a $3.2 million grant from the Skolkovo Foundation to develop an immunotherapy to treat cancers caused by the human papilloma virus

Canadian city sees increase in caries after ending fluoridation

2014-12-09

Dentists and dental hygienists in Calgary, Alberta, say they are seeing rampant caries in children’s teeth following a decision to remove fluoride from the Canadian

Study: 80M bacteria exchanged during 10-sec kiss

2014-11-25

What’s in a kiss? About 80 million bacteria, the amount that is normally exchanged during a 10-second “French” kiss, according to a new study of

Study: Salivary mucins play a key role in fighting caries

2014-11-19

Salivary mucins, key components of mucus, actively protect teeth from one of the principal bacteria that causes caries, Streptococcus mutans, according to a new study

Heart infection rises as dentists prescribe fewer prophylactic antibiotics

2014-11-18

In a new study, U.K. scientists report that the incidence of life-threatening heart infection has increased significantly in England since the introduction of the 2008

Fluoridation wins in 7 U.S. cities

2014-11-16

Voters in six U.S. cities chose to retain community water fluoridation and another city opted to restart fluoridation in the recent elections. The fluoridation votes

Japanese mushroom may help treat HPV infection

2014-11-12

A Japanese mushroom extract appears to be effective for eradicating the human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a pilot clinical trial at the University of Texas