U.S. judge rules against orthodontics firm in ad case
A U.S. district court has ruled on October 26 that Propel Orthodontics has “disseminated false and misleading advertisements” for its tooth aligners, while granting a
A U.S. district court has ruled on October 26 that Propel Orthodontics has “disseminated false and misleading advertisements” for its tooth aligners, while granting a
Dental sealants are very effective for preventing most of the caries children get in their permanent back teeth, but most children still don’t get them,
DEXIS has updated the software for the CariVu portable caries detection device. Quick capture: A one-second squeeze of the ring saves images to patient records.
In my September 7 column, I wrote how I believe dentistry is getting it wrong. I challenged, you, my dental colleagues, to become educated about
Dear DrBicuspid Member, Almost 100 organizations, including the National Dental Association (NDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation accepted money from
OrthoAccel Technologies has named a new senior vice president of North American sales. Mark Steele, most recently the executive vice president of sales for Medical
Keeping root canals free of harmful biofilms is problematic at best. A new review article in the Journal of Oral Microbiology (September 16, 2016) points
Should silver really be dentistry’s gold standard? Dental fillings were linked to elevated blood mercury levels for thousands of people, according to a study in
The Dr. Edward B. Shils Entrepreneurial Fund has announced the recipients of the 2016 Shils Awards. The 2016 Shils-Meskin Award was given to Lawrence Tabak, DDS,
Komet USA has introduced a new line of depth-marking diamond instruments. The PrepMarker instruments can be used for all-ceramic partial crowns, onlays, overlays, and other
Sunstar Americas has announced a pledge of $250,000 to the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) for research grants beginning in 2017. The grants will be
More than half of opioids prescribed following dental extractions — estimated at 100 million pain pills annually in the U.S. — are unused by patients