Editor’s note: Helaine Smith’s column, The Mouth Physician, appears regularly on the HuangshanDental.com advice and opinion page, Second Opinion. In the December 21, 2008, issue
Indiana Nanotech announced this week that global toothpaste manufacturer 3M ESPE is now using the Indiana company’s calcium phosphate technology in its new Clinpro 5000
Editor’s note: Jimmy Earll (not his real name) is a practicing dentist in Northern California and a stand-up comic who performs all over North America.
An Albuquerque teenager on a routine trip to the dentist died after apparently suffering a reaction to a common anesthetic, according to a KRQE News
A Maryland dentist, picking up the work of his dead brother, has published a book to help children overcome their fear of the dentist, according
Straumann reported unaudited 2008 full-year net revenue of 779 million Swiss francs ($697 million U.S.), up from 714 million francs ($639 million) in 2007. Despite
The Smile for a Lifetime Foundation, an orthodontic organization established in October 2008 by Benjamin Burris, D.D.S., M.D.S., of Jonesboro, AR, is gearing up to
A new survey by Align Technology, makers of Invisalign Teen, has found that teens who wear metal braces are less likely to flash their pearly
Teeth-whitening kiosks run by nondentists are tempting because of low prices, but are they encroaching on dentists’ territory? The state of Tennessee thinks so. The
The U.S. FDA has cleared new labeling for Align Technology’s Invisalign system, removing the permanent dentition limitation from the indications for use, according to the
Kerr will launch Herculite Ultra, a new version of Herculite composite with nanofiller, February 1, the company announced. The resin matrix of the 20-year-old Herculite
Pulpdent has announced it is continuing its support for children’s oral health by donating sealants and other materials to the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation,
