Two cases involving nondentists performing teeth-whitening services without the proper credentials — one in the U.K., the other in New Zealand — have made headlines
The Connecticut State Dental Commission is considering whether teeth whitening should be classified as “dentistry,” which could result in nondentists being barred from offering teeth-whitening
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research will donate $1.2 million toward new research aimed at reducing childhood caries. The research will examine a new approach
In a comparison of four composite resins, SureFil SDR (Dentsply) and Filtek LS (3M ESPE) produced the lowest residual strain on a restored tooth, according
Minnesota dental practitioners donated $2.5 million of free care to 5,678 Minnesota children in two days during the Minnesota Dental Association’s (MDA) Give Kids A
The American Association of Endodontists (AAE) will celebrate Root Canal Awareness Week (March 27 through April 2) with a focus on dispelling negative root canal
To celebrate his 60th birthday memorably, an Ohio dentist closed his practice for a month and went to Katmandu, Nepal, to help deliver dental care
A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a class-action lawsuit filed against Walgreen’s alleging false claims about certain mouthwash products can move forward, consumeraffairs.com
Following its announcement last week that it had sold its only commercial product to Septodont, Novalar is on the verge of shutting down completely, according
CareCredit continued its support of the ADA Foundation’s Give Kids A Smile Fund by making its fifth consecutive $100,000 donation, the company announced. “CareCredit’s generosity
A team of Japanese researchers has demonstrated that the bacterium Streptococcus salivarius, a nonbiofilm-forming and otherwise harmless inhabitant of the oral cavity, actually inhibits the
Bacterin International Holdings, a developer of bone graft material and anti-infective coatings for medical applications, is set to acquire Robinson MedSurg, a medical device distribution