Kerr Dental is now offering its Expasyl gingival retraction paste in strawberry flavor, the company announced. Expasyl already features hemostasis and atraumatic gingival retraction in
A Michigan lawyer has filed a class-action lawsuit against Procter & Gamble (P&G), claiming the company’s Crest Pro-Health mouthwash is responsible for brown stains that
Forget your one-size-fits-all, screw-in-place, run-of-the-mill implants. The artificial teeth of the future will be custom-made in the same shape as the natural teeth they replace.
The first of some 900 lawsuits filed against Merck claiming that its osteoporosis drug Fosamax causes osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is set to go
Halitosis is often a cause for embarrassment for some patients, but informing them about their condition is the best way to help alleviate the problem.
A Dallas dentist is offering a $250 rebate to anyone who comes in with old dentures and wants new ones, according to a news story
A retired Australian dentist has created a sugarless chocolate that fights cavities, according to a news story in the Herald Sun. The candy, dubbed Sweet
National Dentex reported net income of $2.3 million on sales of $42.8 million for the second quarter of 2009 (end-June 30), compared to net income
The Berger Hospital Financial Counselors of Circleville, OH, has brought a mobile dentistry van to schools in the area, according to an article in the
In the wake of news reports concerning the possible use of such anesthetic drugs as Diprivan (propofol) by the late Michael Jackson, questions have been
Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) provides a workable alternative to managing caries where full restorations are not possible, an international group of researchers report in the
Access Pharmaceuticals announced that it is evaluating options for the commercialization of MuGard, a mucoadhesive oral wound rinse for managing oral mucositis, in North America.