Dentistry has been grappling with shortages of the antibiotics doxycycline and tetracycline, but both have become available again. Tetracycline capsules went back on the market
Journeyworks Publishing, creator of tobacco prevention brochures, has added a new wristband for kids to its smokeless tobacco prevention efforts. The “Spit It Out” wristband
Agilent Technologies will collaborate with the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research in Brisbane, Australia, on oral cancer research. Their goal is to increase
Bitter melon extract may have therapeutic potential to treat head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), according to a new study in PLOS One (October
Atlantic Health’s Carol G. Simon Cancer Center has received a $3 million donation from a cattle dealer from Randolph, NJ, to establish the Leonard B.
The ADA is selling a patient education brochure to clarify who should take antibiotics before dental treatment and who should not. The longtime standard has
Canadian researchers have identified a protein that can help predict whether a patient will develop oral cancer, according to a recent study in the International
The incidence of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) is growing, and the human papillomavirus (HPV) is linked to an increasing number of such cases. Studies
Patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) and human papillomavirus (HPV) are largely unaware of a possible link between the two conditions, according to a
Few experience dentistry the way Conan Murat has. During the last nine years, he has lived and worked as a dental therapist in a remote
The importance of maintaining adequate safeguards for infection control was the topic of a session at ADA 2013 in New Orleans. Recent infection-control breaches have
Some 35% to 60% of all patients with head and neck cancers (HNC) are malnourished when they are diagnosed, according to a new study in
