Align, Cadent to develop new Invisalign apps

2011-01-09

Align Technology and Cadent have entered into an agreement to jointly develop software applications that will run on Cadent iTero and iOC scanners for use

Crest Oral-B names 2nd hygienist award winner

2011-01-09

Trudy Meinberg, RDH, from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) College of Dentistry, has been selected as the second recipient of the Crest Oral-B

Moxifloxacin beats clindamycin for some odontogenic infections

2011-01-09

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Moxifloxacin was significantly more effective than clindamycin at controlling the pain of odontogenic/gingival inflammatory infiltrates, in a small phase II

Ohio dentist in teen’s death settled prior lawsuit

2011-01-09

Henry Mazorow, DDS, the 80-year-old Ohio dentist who performed oral surgery on a 13-year-old who died after he extracted two of her teeth, settled a

Ky. start-up wins $10K for new root canal tool

2011-01-09

A Kentucky dental technology company founded in 2010 by three young entrepreneurs has won a statewide business idea competition sponsored by Kentucky Highlands Investment. Inven,

Go Smile sues founder over teeth-whitening trademarks

2011-01-06

Go Smile has filed two lawsuits against its founder, Jonathan B. Levine, DMD, alleging that his use of trademarks for a line of home-based teeth-whitening

U.S. regulators call for less fluoride in drinking water

2011-01-06

Americans are getting fluoride from a variety of sources that did not exist in the 1940s, when community water fluoridation first got under way. Water

GSK, Dentsply to co-brand tooth sensitivity products

2011-01-06

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Dentsply have entered into an agreement to create a portfolio of co-branded oral care products to be used in the dental office

GC America launches 3 flowable composites

2011-01-05

GC America has launched a three-product family of flowable composites. G-ænial Universal Flo is a nanohybrid light-cured composite that has the easy handling of a

Ga. dental board wants hygienists to be supervised

2011-01-05

The Georgia Board of Dentistry is proposing a rule change that would require indirect supervision of hygienists who provide basic preventive dental services in schools,

Pulpdent ends PMGDM-based adhesives shortage

2011-01-05

Pulpdent has developed a catalyst that successfully synthesizes PMGDM, a material essential for formulating certain dental adhesives. The chemical reaction that synthesizes the PMGDM molecule