Milestone Scientific has acquired additional patent rights for painless anesthetic injections, including rights related to controlling pressures used in providing these injections. In connection with

The Maine Board of Dental Examiners (MBDE) has come under fire for proposed rule changes that would, among other things, require general dentists to use

One morning last February, 19-year-old Madalyn Byrne woke up with a toothache. So the University of Oklahoma student did what many in her condition would

You can get it as a prophy paste or a toothpaste, a gum or a rinse. Nearly a score of calcium phosphate products are jostling

Crosstex International has developed several new dental products designed to help dentists support the fight against women’s cancers. The company’s line of “Pink with a

The death of a Chicago patient may illustrate some perils involved in conscious sedation, according to Joel Weaver, D.D.S., Ph.D., president of the American Society

Lasers are often portrayed as powerful beams of light that can cut — even destroy — missiles, metal, bone, tissue, and, in some sci-fi movies,

Accupal recently announced that its Accupal Comfortable Palatal Injection System has received FDA clearance and is ready to ship in the U.S. Accupal is a

Enclosing local anesthetics in structures known as liposomes appears to reduce the discomfort of the injection and prolong the duration of the anesthesia. That was

Articaine had more than nine times the anesthetic success than lidocaine for dental anesthesia in a 10-study meta-analysis presented by University of Iowa researchers at

TORONTO – Acupuncture might calm patients who fear their dentists, but there isn’t enough evidence yet to recommend this approach. So said researchers from King’s

Flouridation is coming to San Diego, the largest city in the U.S. that was still holding out against the cavity-fighting measure. The city council voted